[HTML][HTML] Multiscale mapping of plant functional groups and plant traits in the High Arctic using field spectroscopy, UAV imagery and Sentinel-2A data

ER Thomson, MP Spiegel, IHJ Althuizen… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, leading to rapid changes in
species composition and plant functional trait variation. Landscape-level maps of vegetation …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-sensor unoccupied aerial system improves characterization of vegetation composition and canopy properties in the Arctic tundra

D Yang, R Meng, BD Morrison, A McMahon… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Changes in vegetation distribution, structure, and function can modify the canopy properties
of terrestrial ecosystems, with potential consequences for regional and global climate …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping Arctic tundra vegetation communities using field spectroscopy and multispectral satellite data in North Alaska, USA

SJ Davidson, MJ Santos, VL Sloan, JD Watts… - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
The Arctic is currently undergoing intense changes in climate; vegetation composition and
productivity are expected to respond to such changes. To understand the impacts of climate …

[HTML][HTML] Arctic ecological classifications derived from vegetation community and satellite spectral data

DM Atkinson, P Treitz - Remote Sensing, 2012 - mdpi.com
As a result of the warming observed at high latitudes, there is significant potential for the
balance of ecosystem processes to change, ie, the balance between carbon sequestration …

UAV photogrammetry for mapping vegetation in the low-Arctic

RH Fraser, I Olthof, TC Lantz, C Schmitt - Arctic Science, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
Plot-scale field measurements are necessary to monitor changes to tundra vegetation, which
has a small stature and high spatial heterogeneity, while satellite remote sensing can be …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping Arctic plant functional type distributions in the Barrow Environmental Observatory using WorldView-2 and LiDAR datasets

Z Langford, J Kumar, FM Hoffman, RJ Norby… - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
Multi-scale modeling of Arctic tundra vegetation requires characterization of the
heterogeneous tundra landscape, which includes representation of distinct plant functional …

[HTML][HTML] Differentiating among four Arctic tundra plant communities at Ivotuk, Alaska using field spectroscopy

SN Bratsch, HE Epstein, M Buchhorn, DA Walker - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
Warming in the Arctic has resulted in changes in the distribution and composition of
vegetation communities. Many of these changes are occurring at fine spatial scales and at …

[HTML][HTML] Recent trends and remaining challenges for optical remote sensing of Arctic tundra vegetation: A review and outlook

A Beamish, MK Raynolds, H Epstein, GV Frost… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
A systematic review and inventory of recent research relating to optical remote sensing of
Arctic vegetation was conducted, and thematic and geographical trends were summarized …

Scale-dependency of Arctic ecosystem properties revealed by UAV

MB Siewert, J Olofsson - Environmental Research Letters, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In the face of climate change, it is important to estimate changes in key ecosystem properties
such as plant biomass and gross primary productivity (GPP). Ground truth estimates and …

[HTML][HTML] Drone data reveal heterogeneity in tundra greenness and phenology not captured by satellites

JJ Assmann, IH Myers-Smith, JT Kerby… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Data across scales are required to monitor ecosystem responses to rapid warming in the
Arctic and to interpret tundra greening trends. Here, we tested the correspondence among …