Climate change and increase of vegetation in the Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Petsch, Carina, Sotille, Maria Eliza, Mattos Costa, Rafaela, Rosa, Katia Kellem da, Cardia Simões, Jefferson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo 2019
• Subjects: Fildes Peninsula; Mosses fields; NDVI; Campos de musgos; península Fildes; Collins Glacier; Drake Passage; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártica
• Online Access: https://revistas.uchile.cl/index.php/IG/article/view/52147

The objective of the article is to evaluate the variation of area and location of mosses in the Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica, using the NDVI technique and LANDSAT images, for the period 1986-2016, in the face of climate change scenarios. The NDVI technique was applied on 7 LANDSAT images and the pro...