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Integrating estimates of ecosystem services from conservation programs and practices into models for decision makers Integrating estimates of ecosystem services from conservation programs and practices into models for decision makers
Most government agencies involved in land management are seeking consistent approaches to evaluate the effects of specific management actions on ecological processes and concurrent changes on ecosystem services. This is especially true within the context of anthropogenic influences, such as land use and climate change. The Conservation Effects Assessment Project—Wetlands National...
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Ned Euliss, Loren M. Smith, Shuguang Liu, Walter G. Duffy, Stephen Faulkner, Robert A. Gleason, S. Diane Eckles
Enhancing the Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) Approach for Estimating Landscape ET: Validation with the METRIC model Enhancing the Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) Approach for Estimating Landscape ET: Validation with the METRIC model
Evapotranspiration (ET) can be derived from satellite data using surface energy balance principles. METRIC (Mapping EvapoTranspiration at high Resolution with Internalized Calibration) is one of the most widely used models available in the literature to estimate ET from satellite imagery. The Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) model is much easier and less expensive to implement...
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Gabriel B. Senay, Michael E. Budde, James P. Verdin
USGS global change science strategy: A framework for understanding and responding to climate and land-use change USGS global change science strategy: A framework for understanding and responding to climate and land-use change
This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Global Change Science Strategy expands on the Climate Variability and Change science component of the USGS 2007 Science Strategy, “Facing Tomorrow’s Challenges: USGS Science in the Coming Decade” (U.S. Geological Survey, 2007). Here we embrace the broad definition of global change provided in the U.S. Global Change Research Act of 1990 (Public Law 101...
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Virginia R. Burkett, Ione L. Taylor, Jayne Belnap, Thomas M. Cronin, Michael D. Dettinger, Eldrich L. Frazier, John W. Haines, David A. Kirtland, Thomas R. Loveland, Paul C.D. Milly, Robin O'Malley, Robert S. Thompson
A westward extension of the warm pool leads to a westward extension of the Walker circulation, drying eastern Africa A westward extension of the warm pool leads to a westward extension of the Walker circulation, drying eastern Africa
Observations and simulations link anthropogenic greenhouse and aerosol emissions with rapidly increasing Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures (SSTs). Over the past 60 years, the Indian Ocean warmed two to three times faster than the central tropical Pacific, extending the tropical warm pool to the west by ~40° longitude (>4,000 km). This propensity toward rapid warming in the Indian...
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A. Park Williams, Christopher C. Funk
Assessment of mangrove forests in the Pacific region using Landsat imagery Assessment of mangrove forests in the Pacific region using Landsat imagery
The information on the mangrove forests for the Pacific region is scarce or outdated. A regional assessment based on a consistent methodology and data sources was needed to understand their true extent. Our investigation offers a regionally consistent, high resolution (30 m), and the most comprehensive mapping of mangrove forests on the islands of American Samoa, Fiji, French Polynesia...
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Bibek Bhattarai, Chandra Giri
Status and distribution of mangrove forests of the world using earth observation satellite data Status and distribution of mangrove forests of the world using earth observation satellite data
Aim Our scientific understanding of the extent and distribution of mangrove forests of the world is inadequate. The available global mangrove databases, compiled using disparate geospatial data sources and national statistics, need to be improved. Here, we mapped the status and distributions of global mangroves using recently available Global Land Survey (GLS) data and the Landsat...
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Chandra Giri, E. Ochieng, Larry L. Tieszen, Zhi-Liang Zhu, Ashbindu Singh, Thomas R. Loveland, Jeffery G. Masek, Norm Duke
Land cover change, biogeochemical modelling of carbon stocks, and climate change in West Africa Land cover change, biogeochemical modelling of carbon stocks, and climate change in West Africa
The carbon in ecosystems exists in dynamic soil and vegetation pools which vary in amounts and cycle with the global atmosphere at varying rates. These stocks and fluxes play important roles in global carbon regulation and in the maintenance of goods and services. Changes in land cover or ecosystems result in increased or decreased fluxes to the atmosphere and play a major role in...
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Larry L. Tieszen, G. Gray Tappan, Z. Tan, E. Tachie-Obeng
Land remote sensing and global environmental change: NASA's Earth observing system and the science of ASTER and MODIS Land remote sensing and global environmental change: NASA's Earth observing system and the science of ASTER and MODIS
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Bhaskar Ramachandran, Christopher O. Justice, Michael J. Abrams
LANDFIRE 2001 and 2008 Refresh Geographic Area Report--Pacific Southwest LANDFIRE 2001 and 2008 Refresh Geographic Area Report--Pacific Southwest
The LANDFIRE National project (LF_1.0.0) was successfully completed in 2009. The goal of LANDFIRE National was to generate consistent 2001 vintage 30 meter spatial data sets for all 50 states for fire and other natural resource applications. This report highlights results from the continuation of LANDFIRE as a program to update the spatial data layers through 2008. The focus of this...
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Henry Bastion, Don Long, Brenda Lundberg, Jay Kost, Jeffrey A. Natharius, Heather Kreilick, Charley Martin, Tobin Smail, James Napoli, Wendel Hann
Changes in historical Iowa land cover as context for assessing the environmental benefits of current and future conservation efforts on agricultural lands Changes in historical Iowa land cover as context for assessing the environmental benefits of current and future conservation efforts on agricultural lands
Conservationists and agriculturists face unprecedented challenges trying to minimize tradeoffs between increasing demands for food, fiber, feed, and biofuels and the resulting loss or reduced values of other ecosystem services, such as those derived from wetlands and biodiversity (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005a, 2005c; Maresch et al. 2008). The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act...
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Alisa L. Gallant, Walt Sadinski, Mark F. Roth, Charles A. Rewa
Soil carbon sequestration potential for "grain for green" project in Loess Plateau, China Soil carbon sequestration potential for "grain for green" project in Loess Plateau, China
Conversion of cropland into perennial vegetation land can increase soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation, which might be an important mitigation measure to sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The “Grain for Green” project, one of the most ambitious ecological programmes launched in modern China, aims at transforming the low-yield slope cropland into grassland and woodland. The...
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R. Chang, B. Fu, Gaisheng Liu, S. Liu
Estimating California ecosystem carbon change using process model and land cover disturbance data: 1951-2000 Estimating California ecosystem carbon change using process model and land cover disturbance data: 1951-2000
Land use change, natural disturbance, and climate change directly alter ecosystem productivity and carbon stock level. The estimation of ecosystem carbon dynamics depends on the quality of land cover change data and the effectiveness of the ecosystem models that represent the vegetation growth processes and disturbance effects. We used the Integrated Biosphere Simulator (IBIS) and a set...
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Jinxun Liu, James E. Vogelmann, Zhiliang Zhu, Carl H. Key, Benjamin M. Sleeter, D.T. Price, Jing M. Chen, Mark A. Cochrane, Jeffery C. Eidenshink, Stephen M. Howard, Norman B. Bliss, Hong Jiang