Remote Sensing Phenology of Antarctic Green and Red Snow Algae Using WorldView Satellites

• Main Authors: Gray, Andrew, Krolikowski, Monika, Fretwell, Peter, Convey, Peter, Peck, Lloyd S., Mendelova, Monika, Smith, Alison G., Davey, Matthew P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository 2021
• Subjects: Plant Science; snow algae; Antarctica; remote sensing; snow; satellites; WorldView; ecology; Antarctic; Anchorage; Ryder; Ryder Bay; Anchorage Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.72245; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/324792

Snow algae are an important group of terrestrial photosynthetic organisms in Antarctica, where they mostly grow in low lying coastal snow fields. Reliable observations of Antarctic snow algae are difficult owing to the transient nature of their blooms and the logistics involved to travel and work th...