Detection of vegetation changes in cold regions using a combination of radar and optical satellite data

• Main Authors: Laura Stendardi, Claudia Notarnicola, Stein Rune Karlsen, Eirik Malnes, Georg Niedrist, Marc Zebisch, Renato Gerdol
• Other Authors: Stendardi, Laura, Notarnicola, Claudia, Rune Karlsen, Stein, Malnes, Eirik, Niedrist, Georg, Zebisch, Marc, Gerdol, Renato
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London 2017
• Subjects: Radar and Optical sensor; Time serie; Vegetation Phenology; Bioma; High Arctic; Alpine areas; Arctic; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Norway; Adventdalen; Dovrefjell; Climate change
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2399224

The extremely sensitive ecosystem of the cold regions is going through a rapid climate change, and the projections show an increase in temperature. Considering that the temperature influences the length of the growing season as well as composition, biomass and plant distribution, studying the vegeta...