Remote sensing of drought: Progress, challenges and opportunities

A AghaKouchak, A Farahmand, FS Melton… - Reviews of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This review surveys current and emerging drought monitoring approaches using satellite
remote sensing observations from climatological and ecosystem perspectives. We argue …

Contrasting responses of water use efficiency to drought across global terrestrial ecosystems

Y Yang, H Guan, O Batelaan, TR McVicar, D Long… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Drought is an intermittent disturbance of the water cycle that profoundly affects the terrestrial
carbon cycle. However, the response of the coupled water and carbon cycles to drought and …

Bridge to the future: Important lessons from 20 years of ecosystem observations made by the OzFlux network

J Beringer, CE Moore, J Cleverly… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In 2020, the Australian and New Zealand flux research and monitoring network,
OzFlux, celebrated its 20th anniversary by reflecting on the lessons learned through two …

Spatial patterns and temporal dynamics in savanna vegetation phenology across the North Australian Tropical Transect

X Ma, A Huete, Q Yu, NR Coupe, K Davies… - Remote sensing of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The phenology of a landscape is a key parameter in climate and biogeochemical cycle
models and its correct representation is central to the accurate simulation of carbon, water …

An evaluation of the ALOS PALSAR L-band backscatter—Above ground biomass relationship Queensland, Australia: Impacts of surface moisture condition and …

R Lucas, J Armston, R Fairfax… - IEEE Journal of …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Focusing on woody vegetation in Queensland, Australia, the study aimed to establish
whether the relationship between Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Phased Array …

A functional methodology for determining the groundwater regime needed to maintain the health of groundwater-dependent vegetation

D Eamus, R Froend, R Loomes, G Hose… - Australian Journal of …, 2006 - CSIRO Publishing
In the past, the phrase 'environmental allocations of water'has most often been taken to
mean allocation of water to rivers. However, it is now accepted that groundwater-dependent …

Additive biomass equations for native eucalypt forest trees of temperate Australia

H Bi, J Turner, MJ Lambert - Trees, 2004 - Springer
Biomass additivity is a desirable characteristic of a system of equations for predicting
component as well as total tree biomass since it eliminates the inconsistency between the …

Savanna fires and their impact on net ecosystem productivity in North Australia

J Beringer, LB Hutley, NJ Tapper… - Global Change …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Savannas comprise a large area of the global land surface and are subject to frequent
disturbance through fire. The role of fire as one of the primary natural carbon cycling …

BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: Turning up the heat: the impacts of Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass) invasion on fire behaviour in northern Australian savannas

SA Setterfield, NA Rossiter‐Rachor… - Diversity and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim This study aimed to quantify changes in fire severity resulting from the invasion of
Australia's tropical savannas by the African grass Andropogon gayanus Kunth.(gamba …

Carbon balance of a tropical savanna of northern Australia

X Chen, LB Hutley, D Eamus - Oecologia, 2003 - Springer
Through estimations of above-and below-ground standing biomass, annual biomass
increment, fine root production and turnover, litterfall, canopy respiration and total soil CO 2 …