Arctic Ecological Classifications Derived from Vegetation Community and Satellite Spectral Data

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Atkinson, David M. (Author), Treitz, Paul (Author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Vegetation > Remote sensing; Vegetation classification > Arctic regions; Vegetation mapping > Arctic regions; Arctic; Atkinson
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs4123948; https://digital.library.ryerson.ca/islandora/object/RULA%3A4385

As a result of the warming observed at high latitudes, there is significant potential for the balance of ecosystem processes to change, i.e., the balance between carbon sequestration and respiration may be altered, giving rise to the release of soil carbon through elevated ecosystem respiration. Gro...