Spectral characteristics of the Arctic ornithogenic tundra vegetation in Hornsund area, SW Spitsbergen

• Main Authors: Katarzyna Zmudczyńska, Adam Barcikowski, Lech Stempniewicz
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; Arctic; Spitsbergen; ornithogenic tundra; radiometric characteristics; spectral; Gnålberget; Hornsund; rissa tridactyla; Tundra; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.509.2054; http://www.kezk.bio.univ.gda.pl/admin/upload/files/zk_01.pdf

Abstract: Solar radiation reflectance was analysed to characterize Arctic ornithogenic tun− dra developing in the vicinity of large breeding colony of Brunnich‘s guillemots Uria lomvia and kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla at the foot of Gnålberget cliff (Hornsund, SW Spitsbergen). Radiometric method was...