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Evidence of shift in C4 species range in central Argentina during the late Holocene Evidence of shift in C4 species range in central Argentina during the late Holocene
Aim Millennial-scale biogeographic changes are well understood in many parts of the world, but little is known about long-term vegetation dynamics in subtropical regions. Here we investigate shifts in C3/C4 plant abundance occurred in central Argentina during the past few millennia Methods We determined present day soil organic matter δ13C signatures of grasslands, shrublands and...
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L.C.R. Silva, M.A. Giorgis, M. Anand, L. Enrico, N. Perez-Harguindeguy, V. Falczuk, L.L. Tieszen, M. Cabido
Response of spectral vegetation indices to soil moisture in grasslands and shrublands Response of spectral vegetation indices to soil moisture in grasslands and shrublands
The relationships between satellite-derived vegetation indices (VIs) and soil moisture are complicated because of the time lag of the vegetation response to soil moisture. In this study, we used a distributed lag regression model to evaluate the lag responses of VIs to soil moisture for grasslands and shrublands at Soil Climate Analysis Network sites in the central and western United...
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Li Zhang, Lei Ji, Bruce K. Wylie
Use of waveform lidar and hyperspectral sensors to assess selected spatial and structural patterns associated with recent and repeat disturbance and the abundance of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) in a temperate mixed hardwood and conifer forest Use of waveform lidar and hyperspectral sensors to assess selected spatial and structural patterns associated with recent and repeat disturbance and the abundance of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) in a temperate mixed hardwood and conifer forest
Waveform lidar imagery was acquired on September 26, 1999 over the Bartlett Experimental Forest (BEF) in New Hampshire (USA) using NASA's Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor (LVIS). This flight occurred 20 months after an ice storm damaged millions of hectares of forestland in northeastern North America. Lidar measurements of the amplitude and intensity of ground energy returns appeared to...
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J.E. Anderson, Mark J. Ducey, A. Fast, M.E. Martin, L. Lepine, M.-L. Smith, T.D. Lee, R.O. Dubayah, M.A. Hofton, P. Hyde, Birgit Peterson, J.B. Blair
Modeling the height of young forests regenerating from recent disturbances in Mississippi using Landsat and ICESat data Modeling the height of young forests regenerating from recent disturbances in Mississippi using Landsat and ICESat data
Many forestry and earth science applications require spatially detailed forest height data sets. Among the various remote sensing technologies, lidar offers the most potential for obtaining reliable height measurement. However, existing and planned spaceborne lidar systems do not have the capability to produce spatially contiguous, fine resolution forest height maps over large areas...
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Ainong Li, Chengquan Huang, Guoqing Sun, Hua Shi, Chris Toney, Zhiliang Zhu, Matthew G. Rollins, Samuel N. Goward, Jeffery G. Masek
Common challenges for ecological modelling: synthesis of facilitated discussions held at the symposia organized for the 2009 conference of the International Society for Ecological Modelling in Quebec City, Canada, (October 6-9, 2009) Common challenges for ecological modelling: synthesis of facilitated discussions held at the symposia organized for the 2009 conference of the International Society for Ecological Modelling in Quebec City, Canada, (October 6-9, 2009)
The eleven symposia organized for the 2009 conference of the International Society for Ecological Modelling (ISEM 2009) held in Quebec City, Canada, October 6–9, 2009, included facilitated discussion sessions following formal presentations. Each symposium focused on a specific subject, and all the subjects could be classified into three broad categories: theoretical development...
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Guy R. Larocque, D. Mailly, T.-X. Yue, M. Anand, C. Peng, C. Kazanci, M. Etterson, P. Goethals, S.E. Jorgensen, J.R. Schramski, E.J.B. McIntire, D.J. Marceau, B. Chen, G.Q. Chen, Z.F. Yang, B. Novotna, N. Luckai, Jagtar S. Bhatti, J. Liu, A. Munson, Andrew M. Gordon, J.C. Ascough
Evaluating the effects of future climate change and elevated CO2 on the water use efficiency in terrestrial ecosystems of China Evaluating the effects of future climate change and elevated CO2 on the water use efficiency in terrestrial ecosystems of China
Water use efficiency (WUE) is an important variable used in climate change and hydrological studies in relation to how it links ecosystem carbon cycles and hydrological cycles together. However, obtaining reliable WUE results based on site-level flux data remains a great challenge when scaling up to larger regional zones. Biophysical, process-based ecosystem models are powerful tools to...
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Q. Zhu, H. Jiang, C. Peng, J. Liu, X. Wei, X. Fang, S. Liu, G. Zhou, S. Yu
Ecoregional differences in late-20th-century land-use and land-cover change in the U.S. northern great plains Ecoregional differences in late-20th-century land-use and land-cover change in the U.S. northern great plains
Land-cover and land-use change usually results from a combination of anthropogenic drivers and biophysical conditions found across multiple scales, ranging from parcel to regional levels. A group of four Level 111 ecoregions located in the U.S. northern Great Plains is used to demonstrate the similarities and differences in land change during nearly a 30-year period (1973-2000) using...
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Roger F. Auch, K. L. Sayler, D.E. Napton, Janis L. Taylor, M.S. Brooks
Self calibration of small and medium format digital cameras Self calibration of small and medium format digital cameras
The knowledge of a camera’s interior orientation parameters are a prerequisite for the camera to be used in any precision photogrammetric project. Historically, the interior orientation parameters have been determined by analyzing the measured ground 3D coordinates of photo-identifiable targets, and their 2D (image) coordinates from multiple images of these targets. Camera self...
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Donald Moe, Aparajithan Sampath, Jon Christopherson, Mike Benson
Developing a spatially distributed terrestrial biogeochemical cycle modeling system to support the management of Fort Benning and its surrounding areas Developing a spatially distributed terrestrial biogeochemical cycle modeling system to support the management of Fort Benning and its surrounding areas
The overarching goal of this project is to develop an advanced, spatially distributed biogeochemical cycle modeling system to simulate the dynamics of ecosystem C and N cycles under historical, current, and future land use and disturbances scenarios. The modeling system and simulated results were used to facilitate the evaluation of the environmental consequences of various training and...
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Shuguang Liu, Larry L. Tieszen, Shuqing Zhao, Zhen Li, Jinxun Liu
Surface deformation of Augustine Volcano, 1992-2005, from multiple-interferogram processing using a refined Small Baseline Subset (SBAS) Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) approach: Chapter 18 in The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Al Surface deformation of Augustine Volcano, 1992-2005, from multiple-interferogram processing using a refined Small Baseline Subset (SBAS) Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) approach: Chapter 18 in The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Al
Augustine Volcano is an active stratovolcano located in southwestern Cook Inlet, about 280 kilometers southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The volcano produced six significant explosive eruptions between 1812 and 1986. Augustine eruptions typically have an explosive onset followed by dome building. The most recent eruption began on January 11, 2006. We applied the small baseline subset (SBAS)
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Chang-Wook Lee, Zhong Lu, Hyung-Sup Jung, Joong-Sun Won, Daniel Dzurisin
The ASTER data system: An overview of the data products in Japan and in the United States The ASTER data system: An overview of the data products in Japan and in the United States
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data system is a cooperative system, which is operated jointly by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) through its Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center (ERSDAC), and by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) primarily through its Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and Land...
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Bryan Bailey, Kenneth A. Duda, Yoshaki Kannari, Akira Miura, Bhaskar Ramachandran
ASTER and MODIS land data management at the Land Processes, and National Snow and Ice Data Centers ASTER and MODIS land data management at the Land Processes, and National Snow and Ice Data Centers
Chapters 4 and 5 provide a variety of examples of how ASTER and MODIS land science applications are predicated on the availability of consistent and quality data. This chapter portrays a narrative of how those data come to exist at two different data centers, which manage them.
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John Daucsavage, Natalia Kaminsky, Bhaskar Ramachandran, Calli B. Jenkerson, Karla K. Sprenger, Ron Faust, Tamara Rockvam