The main scientific objective of the DAISEX campaigns was to demonstrate the feasibility of quantitatively retrieving geo/biophysical variables by accounting for atmospheric effects while at the same time analysing the data for possible additional information on directional anisotropy. Bio/geophysical variables included the leaf area index (LAI), biomass, leaf water content, canopy height, chlorophyll content, surface temperatures and emissivity.

The general objective of the WATERMED project was to develop a comprehensive method for the study of the water use and the resistance to the drought of the natural and irrigated vegetation in the Mediterranen Basin, by means of a combined historical and current space-based remote sensing database, vegetation models and field measurements. The general concept is to integrate all available data of the studied environments.