Surface Energy Flux Estimation in Two Boreal Settings in Alaska Using a Thermal-Based Remote Sensing Model

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Jordi Cristóbal, Anupma Prakash, Martha C. Anderson, William P. Kustas, Joseph G. Alfieri, Rudiger Gens
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: surface energy fluxes; MODIS; boreal forest; evapotranspiration; thermal infrared; Science; Q; Arctic; Browning; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12244108; https://doaj.org/article/6642ee621424491ea9dc0b7555b07fc8

Recent Arctic warming has led to changes in the hydrological cycle. Circum-Arctic and circumboreal ecosystems are showing evidence of “greening” and “browning” due to temperature warming leading to shrub encroachment, tree mortality and deciduousness. Increases in latent heat flux from increased eva...