GIS tool to predict photosynthetically active radiation in a Dry Valley

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Acosta, Dimitri, Doran, Peter T., Myers, Madeline
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2020
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Taylor Valley; Fryxell; Hoare; Lake Fryxell; Lake Hoare; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102020000218; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102020000218

Abstract Understanding primary productivity is a core research area of the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Network. This study presents the development of the GIS-based Topographic Solar Photosynthetically Active Radiation (T-sPAR) toolbox for Taylor Valley. It maps...