Solar-Induced Fluorescence Imaging Sensor

FEATURES

• Designed for Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging
• All-reflective concentric imager design
• Spectral resolution: ≤0.3 nm
• Spatial pixels: 1,600
• Scientific-grade data for O₂–A and O₂–B
• Spectral passband: 671-780 nm
• Weight (including lens): 6 kg / 13.23 lbs
• Size: 300 x 200 x 180 mm

Understand plant physiology

What is Solar-Induced Fluorescence?

A fraction of the light absorbed by chlorophyll molecules in plants is re-emitted at longer wavelengths. This signal can serve as a proxy for plant photosynthetic activity. While SIF is often measured by single point instruments, the Headwall SIF imaging sensor features sub-nm spectral resolution, high spatial resolution, and the optimal wavelength range to detect and image the SIF signal. Note that Headwall does not supply algorithms to separate the SIF signal but captures data for researchers to utilize with their own methodology.

The Value of Solar-Induced Fluorescence

Remote sensing of solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) is rapidly advancing as a technique in agricultural and environmental science, although it is founded upon decades of research, applications, and sensor developments in active and passive sensing of chlorophyll fluorescence. The extremely weak yet distinct SIF signal can be assessed remotely using this very high-resolution spectral sensor in tandem with your own algorithms to distinguish the emission from reflected and/or scattered ambient light.