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Quantifying biophysical conditions of herbaceous wetland vegetation in Poyang Lake of coastal China via multi-temporal SAR imagery and in-situ measurements Quantifying biophysical conditions of herbaceous wetland vegetation in Poyang Lake of coastal China via multi-temporal SAR imagery and in-situ measurements
Wetland ecosystems, known as the “kidneys of the earth,” are an important habitat for aquatic fl ora and fauna and provide valuable services and goods for the human beings. The wetlands in Poyang Lake of the Southeast China coastal region are one of the fi rst national natural reserves listed in the Ramsar convention in 1992. Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China and its...
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L. Yang, H. Sang, H. Lin, J. Chen
Contemporary land use and land cover change in coastal Pearl River delta and its impact on regional climate Contemporary land use and land cover change in coastal Pearl River delta and its impact on regional climate
Land use/land cover (LULC) is one of the most convincing aspects of the global change that has occurred in the terrestrial ecosystem (Meyer and Turner II, 1994; IPCC, 2001). Many changes in LULC refl ect the impacts of human activities on global environment (e.g., Houghton et al., 1999). Change in LULC is also recognized as a main driver affecting the local, regional, and global climate...
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Limin Yang, W. Lin, L. Zhang, H. Lin, D. Du
Estimating actual evapotranspiration from irrigated fields using a simplified surface energy balance approach Estimating actual evapotranspiration from irrigated fields using a simplified surface energy balance approach
Food security assessment in many developing countries, such as Afghanistan, is vital because the early identification of populations at risk can enable the timely and appropriate actions needed to avert widespread hunger, destitution, or even famine. The assessment is complex, requiring the simultaneous consideration of multiple socioeconomic and environmental variables. Since large and...
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G.B. Senay, M.E. Budde, J. P. Verdin, James D. Rowland
Quantifying the spatial details of carbon sequestration potential and performance Quantifying the spatial details of carbon sequestration potential and performance
Upscaling the spatial and temporal changes of carbon stocks and fluxes from sites to regions is challenging owing to the spatial and temporal variances and covariance of driving variables and the uncertainties in both the model and the input data. Although various modeling approaches have been developed to facilitate the upscaling process, few deal with error transfer from model input to...
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S. Liu
Landsat mapping of local landscape change: The satellite-era context Landsat mapping of local landscape change: The satellite-era context
To set the stage for a vulnerability analysis, investigators must describe and understand the geographic context, including physical characteristics of the landscape and the political and socioeconomic milieu of the population (Jianchu et al. 2005). Vulnerability studies focus on a particular place, at a specific time through its three dimensions, exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive...
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Rachel Headley, Robert Gilmore Pontius, John Harrington, Cynthia Sorrensen
Real-time visualization techniques Real-time visualization techniques
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B. N. Davis, Brian G. Maddox
Climate change, land‐cover dynamics and ecohydrology of the Nile River Basin Climate change, land‐cover dynamics and ecohydrology of the Nile River Basin
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Assefa M. Melesse, Athanasios G. Loukas, Gabriel B. Senay, Muluneh Yitayew
The role of remote sensing and GIS for wildland fire hazard assessment The role of remote sensing and GIS for wildland fire hazard assessment
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James Vogelmann, Donald O. Ohlen, Z Zhu, S. M. Howard, M.G. Rollins
Rapid assessment of U.S. forest and soil organic carbon storage and forest biomass carbon sequestration capacity Rapid assessment of U.S. forest and soil organic carbon storage and forest biomass carbon sequestration capacity
This report provides results of a rapid assessment of biological carbon stocks and forest biomass carbon sequestration capacity in the conterminous United States. Maps available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are used to calculate estimates of current organic carbon storage in soils (73 petagrams of carbon, or PgC) and forest biomass (17 PgC). Of these totals, 3.5 PgC of soil...
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Eric T. Sundquist, Katherine V. Ackerman, Norman B. Bliss, Josef M. Kellndorfer, Matt C. Reeves, Matthew G. Rollins
Accuracy assessment of a 300 m global land cover map—The GlobCover experience Accuracy assessment of a 300 m global land cover map—The GlobCover experience
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Pierre Defourny, L. Schouten, S. Bartalev, S. Bontemps, P. Caccetta, A.J.W. de Wit, C. Di Bella, B. Gerard, Chandra Giri, G. Vond, G.W. Hazeu, A. Heinimann, M. Herold, J. Knoops, G. Jaffrain, R. Latifovic, H. Lin, P. Mayaux, C.W. Mucher, A. Nonguierma, H.-J. Stibig, E. Van Bogaert, C. Vancutsem, P. Bicheron, M. Leroy, O. Arino