Linking biochemical and biophysical variables derived from imaging spectrometers to ecological models: the HYECO’04 group shoot.

We report on the first results of the HyEco'04 campaign carried out in summer 2004 as a joint activity of a bi-national team of Belgian and Dutch researchers. This integrated approach of assessing the complexity of managed natural ecosystems is a demonstrator case for recent focus of airborne imaging spectroscopy activities on ecotones. The floodplain Millingerwaard located east to the city of Nijmegen along the river Rhine has been chosen to demonstrate the potential of imaging spectrometer data to support ecological modelling.