Tundra vegetation change and impacts on permafrost

MMPD Heijmans, RÍ Magnússon, MJ Lara… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Tundra vegetation productivity and composition are responding rapidly to climatic changes
in the Arctic. These changes can, in turn, mitigate or amplify permafrost thaw. In this Review …

Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

C Rixen, TT Høye, P Macek, R Aerts, JM Alatalo… - Arctic …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Snow is an important driver of ecosystem processes in cold biomes. Snow accumulation
determines ground temperature, light conditions, and moisture availability during winter. It …

Unmanned aerial vehicles in hydrology and water management: Applications, challenges, and perspectives

BS Acharya, M Bhandari, F Bandini… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrologic sciences and water resources management have long depended on a
combination of in situ measurements and remotely sensed data for research and regulatory …

[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] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Teaching innovation in STEM education using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

MM Bolick, EA Mikhailova, CJ Post - Education Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has increased in the science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions. This means there is a growing need to …

[HTML][HTML] Plant functional type aboveground biomass change within Alaska and northwest Canada mapped using a 35-year satellite time series from 1985 to 2020

KM Orndahl, MJ Macander, LT Berner… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Changes in vegetation distribution are underway in Arctic and boreal regions due to
climate warming and associated fire disturbance. These changes have wide ranging …

[HTML][HTML] Less is more: Optimizing vegetation mapping in peatlands using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

J Steenvoorden, H Bartholomeus, J Limpens - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Northern peatlands are inaccessible wetlands that serve important ecosystem services to
humans, including climate regulation by storing and sequestering carbon. Unmanned aerial …

[HTML][HTML] The Arctic plant aboveground biomass synthesis dataset

LT Berner, KM Orndahl, M Rose, M Tamstorf… - Scientific data, 2024 - nature.com
Plant biomass is a fundamental ecosystem attribute that is sensitive to rapid climatic
changes occurring in the Arctic. Nevertheless, measuring plant biomass in the Arctic is …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating post-fire vegetation recovery in Cajander Larch Forests in Northeastern Siberia using UAV derived vegetation indices

AC Talucci, E Forbath, H Kropp, HD Alexander… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The ability to monitor post-fire ecological responses and associated vegetation cover
change is crucial to understanding how boreal forests respond to wildfire under changing …