Remote Sensing Phenology of Antarctic Green and Red Snow Algae Using WorldView Satellites.

• Main Authors: Gray, Andrew, Krolikowski, Monika, Fretwell, Peter, Convey, Peter, Peck, Lloyd S, Mendelova, Monika, Smith, Alison G, Davey, Matthew P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2021
• Subjects: Antarctica; WorldView; ecology; remote sensing; satellites; snow; snow algae; Antarctic; Anchorage; Ryder; Ryder Bay; Anchorage Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/321615; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.68733

Snow algae are an important group of terrestrial photosynthetic organisms in Antarctica, where they mostly grow in low lying coastal snow fields. Reliable observations of Antarctic snow algae are difficult owing to the transient nature of their blooms and the logistics involved to travel and work th...