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Measuring Plant Health from Fluorescent Light

Scientists have tested a new method for monitoring the health of vegetation by measuring fluorescent light emissions that the human eye cannot detect.


NASA Earth Observatory image created by Robert Simmon, using data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT). Caption by Adam Voiland and Mike Carlowicz.

Published June 21, 2011
Data acquired July 1 - 31, 2009

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Aqua > MODIS