TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 12605


How is it that satellites can detect differences in primary productivity on Earth? 

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Photosynthesizers absorb more visible light in the 350-750 wavelengths.
  2. Satellite instruments can detect reflectance patterns of the photosynthesizers of different ecosystems.
  3. Sensitive satellite instruments can measure the amount of NADPH produced in the summative light reactions of different ecosystems.
  4. By comparing the wavelengths of light captured and reflected by photosynthesizers to the amount of light reaching different ecosystems.