Forecasting spatio-temporal vegetation changes in the mealy mountains using a cellular automata-markov chain hybrid model

• Main Author: Bartlett, Zachary
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Mealy Mountains; Tundra
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/6084/; https://research.library.mun.ca/6084/1/Bartlett_Zachary.pdf; https://research.library.mun.ca/6084/3/Bartlett_Zachary.pdf

Sub-arctic temperatures are expected to increase by approximately 4°C by 2050. These changes are having impacts on vegetation patterns in arctic and sub-arctic environments, particularly along transition areas between forested and tundra ecosystems. Using multi-temporal satellite imagery, in combina...