SpaFLEX: Field Campaign for Calibration and Validation of FLEX-S3 Mission Products †
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
2.1. Seasonal Campaign
2.2. Short Campaign
3. Results
3.1. Seasonal Campaign
3.2. Short Campaign
4. Conclusions and Further Research
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Location | Cab | FCV | FAPAR | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sarrión | σ | 0.181 | 0.002 | 0.002 |
Moran’s index | 0.348 | 0.368 | 0.406 | |
Manzanera | σ | 0.120 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Moran’s index | 0.107 | 0.459 | 0.346 |
Location | ESU (ID) | PRI σ | n (Reflectance) | ChlRE σ | n (Fluorescence) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sarrión | 49 | 0.020 | 14.797 | 0.188 | 13.581 |
94 | 0.020 | 15.148 | 0.202 | 15.727 | |
115 | 0.021 | 16.602 | 0.182 | 12.719 | |
201 | 0.024 | 22.670 | 0.187 | 13.378 | |
Manzanera | 51 | 0.021 | 17.341 | 0.203 | 15.861 |
152 | 0.019 | 14.200 | 0.198 | 15.031 | |
176 | 0.022 | 17.811 | 0.150 | 8.678 | |
45 | 0.021 | 17.287 | 0.209 | 16.847 |
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Gómez-Giráldez, P.J.; Aragonés, D.; Jiménez, M.; Cendrero-Mateo, M.P.; Van Wittenberghe, S.; Peón, J.J.; Moncholí-Estornell, A.; Díaz-Delgado, R. SpaFLEX: Field Campaign for Calibration and Validation of FLEX-S3 Mission Products. Eng. Proc. 2025, 94, 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2025094013
Gómez-Giráldez PJ, Aragonés D, Jiménez M, Cendrero-Mateo MP, Van Wittenberghe S, Peón JJ, Moncholí-Estornell A, Díaz-Delgado R. SpaFLEX: Field Campaign for Calibration and Validation of FLEX-S3 Mission Products. Engineering Proceedings. 2025; 94(1):13. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2025094013
Chicago/Turabian StyleGómez-Giráldez, Pedro J., David Aragonés, Marcos Jiménez, Mª Pilar Cendrero-Mateo, Shari Van Wittenberghe, Juan José Peón, Adrián Moncholí-Estornell, and Ricardo Díaz-Delgado. 2025. "SpaFLEX: Field Campaign for Calibration and Validation of FLEX-S3 Mission Products" Engineering Proceedings 94, no. 1: 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2025094013
APA StyleGómez-Giráldez, P. J., Aragonés, D., Jiménez, M., Cendrero-Mateo, M. P., Van Wittenberghe, S., Peón, J. J., Moncholí-Estornell, A., & Díaz-Delgado, R. (2025). SpaFLEX: Field Campaign for Calibration and Validation of FLEX-S3 Mission Products. Engineering Proceedings, 94(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2025094013