Vegetation Abundance and Health Mapping Over Southwestern Antarctica Based on WorldView-2 Data and a Modified Spectral Mixture Analysis

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Xiaohui Sun, Wenjin Wu, Xinwu Li, Xiyan Xu, Jinfeng Li
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: Antarctica; vegetation abundance; WorldView-2; spectral mixture analysis; moss health evaluation; Science; Q; Antarctic; Ardley; Ardley Island; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13020166; https://doaj.org/article/52053930a8be475ca1bfbf6e8ad1c3ae

In polar regions, vegetation is especially sensitive to climate dynamics and thus can be used as an indicator of the global and regional environmental change. However, in Antarctica, there is very little information on vegetation distribution and growth status. To fill this gap, we evaluated the abi...