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Future opportunities and challenges in remote sensing of drought Future opportunities and challenges in remote sensing of drought
The value of satellite remote sensing for drought monitoring was first realized more than two decades ago with the application of Normalized Difference Index (NDVI) data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) for assessing the effect of drought on vegetation. Other indices such as the Vegetation Health Index (VHI) were also developed during this time period, and...
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Brian D. Wardlow, Martha C. Anderson, Justin Sheffield, Brad Doorn, James Verdin, Xiwu Zhan, Matt Rodell
Metadata requirements and templates Metadata requirements and templates
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Karl Heidemann
Identifying grasslands suitable for cellulosic feedstock crops in the Greater Platte River Basin: dynamic modeling of ecosystem performance with 250 m eMODIS Identifying grasslands suitable for cellulosic feedstock crops in the Greater Platte River Basin: dynamic modeling of ecosystem performance with 250 m eMODIS
This study dynamically monitors ecosystem performance (EP) to identify grasslands potentially suitable for cellulosic feedstock crops (e.g., switchgrass) within the Greater Platte River Basin (GPRB). We computed grassland site potential and EP anomalies using 9-year (2000–2008) time series of 250 m expedited moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer Normalized Difference Vegetation...
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Yingxin Gu, Stephen P. Boyte, Bruce K. Wylie, Larry L. Tieszen
Food security in a changing climate Food security in a changing climate
By 2080 the effects of climate change—on heat waves, floods, sea level rise, and drought—could push an additional 600 million people into malnutrition and increase the number of people facing water scarcity by 1.8 billion. The precise impacts will, however, strongly depend on socioeconomic conditions such as local markets and food import dependence. In the near term, two factors are also...
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Roger Pulwarty, Gary Eilerts, James Verdin
Factors influencing geographic patterns in diversity of forest bird communities of eastern Connecticut, USA Factors influencing geographic patterns in diversity of forest bird communities of eastern Connecticut, USA
At regional scales, the most important variables associated with diversity are latitudinally-based temperature and net primary productivity, although diversity is also influenced by habitat. We examined bird species richness, community density and community evenness in forests of eastern Connecticut to determine whether: 1) spatial and seasonal patterns exist in diversity, 2) energy...
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Robert J. Craig, Robert W. Klaver
Land-cover change detection Land-cover change detection
Land cover is the biophysical material on the surface of the earth. Land-cover types include grass, shrubs, trees, barren, water, and man-made features. Land cover changes continuously. The rate of change can be either dramatic and abrupt, such as the changes caused by logging, hurricanes and fire, or subtle and gradual, such as regeneration of forests and damage caused by insects...
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Xuexia Chen, Chandra Giri, James Vogelmann
Mapping recent decadal climate variations in precipitation and temperature across eastern Africa and the Sahel Mapping recent decadal climate variations in precipitation and temperature across eastern Africa and the Sahel
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Christopher C. Funk, Joel Michaelsen, Michael Marshall
The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): An integration of satellite, climate, and biophysical data The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): An integration of satellite, climate, and biophysical data
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Brian D. Wardlow, Tsegaye Tadesse, Jesslyn F. Brown, Karin Callahan, Sharmistha Swain, Eric Hunt
Hydrological effects of the increased CO2 and climate change in the Upper Mississippi River Basin using a modified SWAT Hydrological effects of the increased CO2 and climate change in the Upper Mississippi River Basin using a modified SWAT
Increased atmospheric CO2 concentration and climate change may significantly impact the hydrological and meteorological processes of a watershed system. Quantifying and understanding hydrological responses to elevated ambient CO2 and climate change is, therefore, critical for formulating adaptive strategies for an appropriate management of water resources. In this study, the Soil and...
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Y. Wu, S. Liu, O. I. Abdul-Aziz
Mapping carbon flux uncertainty and selecting optimal locations for future flux towers in the Great Plains Mapping carbon flux uncertainty and selecting optimal locations for future flux towers in the Great Plains
Flux tower networks (e. g., AmeriFlux, Agriflux) provide continuous observations of ecosystem exchanges of carbon (e. g., net ecosystem exchange), water vapor (e. g., evapotranspiration), and energy between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. The long-term time series of flux tower data are essential for studying and understanding terrestrial carbon cycles, ecosystem services, and...
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Yingxin Gu, Daniel M. Howard, Bruce K. Wylie, Li Zhang
Advancing representation of hydrologic processes in the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) through integration of the TOPographic MODEL (TOPMODEL) features Advancing representation of hydrologic processes in the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) through integration of the TOPographic MODEL (TOPMODEL) features
This paper presents a study of the integration of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model and the TOPographic MODEL (TOPMODEL) features for enhancing the physical representation of hydrologic processes. In SWAT, four hydrologic processes, which are surface runoff, baseflow, groundwater re-evaporation and deep aquifer percolation, are modeled by using a group of empirical...
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J. Chen, Y. Wu