1. Introduction. - 2. Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystem Structure: An Ecologist's Pragmatic View. - 3. Measurements of Surface Soil Moisture and Temperature. - 4. Estimating Terrestrial Primary Productivity by Combining Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Simulation. - 5. Remote Sensing of Litter and Soil Organic Matter Decomposition in Forest Ecosystems. - 6. Water and Energy Exchange. - 7. Evaluation of Canopy Biochemistry. - 8. Remote Sensing and Trace Gas Fluxes. - 9. Satellite Remote Sensing and Field Experiments. - 10. Remote Sensing of Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Vegetation. - 11. Remote Sensing of Landscape Processes. - 12. Synoptic-Scale Hydrological and Biogeochemical Cycles in the Amazon River Basin: A Modeling and Remote Sensing Perspective. - 13. Remote Sensing of Marine Photosynthesis. - 14. Analysis of Remotely Sensed Data. - 15. Remote Sensing of Biosphere Functioning: Concluding Remarks. Language: English