Time-Series of Cloud-Free Sentinel-2 NDVI Data Used in Mapping the Onset of Growth of Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Stein Rune Karlsen, Laura Stendardi, Hans Tømmervik, Lennart Nilsen, Ingar Arntzen, Elisabeth J. Cooper
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: Sentinel-2; NDVI; time-series; onset of growth; Svalbard; Science; Q; Arctic; The Sentinel; Climate change; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13153031; https://doaj.org/article/afca92d5bf9049ba98699c6c5c52c8c0

The Arctic is a region that is expected to experience a high increase in temperature. Changes in the timing of phenological phases, such as the onset of growth (as observed by remote sensing), is a sensitive bio-indicator of climate change. In this paper, the study area was the central part of Spits...