Multidirectional visible and shortwave infrared polarimeter for atmospheric aerosol and cloud observation: OSIRIS (Observing System Including PolaRisation in the Solar Infrared Spectrum)

Author(s):  
F. Auriol ◽  
J.-F. Léon ◽  
J.-Y. Balois ◽  
C. Verwaerde ◽  
P. François ◽  
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Author(s):  
Susan L. Ustin ◽  
Stéphane Jacquemoud

AbstractLeaves absorb, scatter, and transmit sunlight at all wavelengths across the visible, near-infrared, and shortwave-infrared spectrum. The optical properties of a leaf are determined by its biochemical and biophysical characteristics, including its 3-D cellular organization. The absorption and scattering properties of leaves together create the shape of their reflectance spectra. Terrestrial seed plant species share similar physiological and metabolic processes for fluxes of gases (CO2, O2, H2O), nutrients, and energy, while differences are primarily consequences of how these properties are distributed and their physical structures. Related species generally share biochemical and biophysical traits, and their optical properties are also similar, providing a mechanism for identification. However, it is often the minor differences in spectral properties throughout the wavelengths of the solar spectrum that define a species or groups of related species. This chapter provides a review and summary of the most common interactions between leaf properties and light and the physical processes that regulate the outcomes of these interactions.


1996 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 1145-1155
Author(s):  
JACQUES WALRAND ◽  
GHISLAIN BLANQUET ◽  
JEAN-FRANCOIS BLAVIER ◽  
HARALD BREDOHL ◽  
IWAN DUBOIS

1988 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1901-1910 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Masset ◽  
L. Lechuga-Fossat ◽  
J.-M. Flaud ◽  
C. Camy-Peyret ◽  
J.W.C. Johns ◽  
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1962 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. van der Molen

ABSTRACT A procedure for the quantitative determination of 5β-pregnan-3α-ol-20-one in urine is described. After acid hydrolysis of the pregnanolone-conjugates in urine, the free steroids are extracted with toluene. Pregnanolone is isolated in a pure form as its acetate; after chromatographic separation of the free steroids on alumina, the fraction containing pregnanolone is acetylated and rechromatographed on alumina. Quantitative determination of the isolated pregnanolone-acetate is carried out with the aid of the infrared spectrum recorded by a micro KBr-wafermethod. The reliability of the method under various conditions is discussed under the headings, specificity, accuracy, precision and sensitivity. It is possible to determine 30–40 μg pregnanolone in a 24-hours urine portion with a precision of 25%.


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