Towards physical habitat characterisation in the Antarctic Sor Rondane Mountains using satellite remote sensing

• Published in: Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment
• Main Authors: Vanhellemont, Quinten, Lambrechts, Sam, Savaglia, Valentina, Tytgat, Bjorn, Verleyen, Elie, Vyverman, Wim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LANDSAT; ICE; SURFACE; AREA; RADIATION; ECOSYSTEMS; THICKNESS; IMAGERY; SYSTEM; Antarctica; Ice-free regions; Digital surface model; Land surface; temperature; Pleiades; Landsat 8; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Perlebandet; Sor Rondane Mountains; Sor-Rondane; The Antarctic; Utsteinen; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8734916; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8734916; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2021.100529; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8734916/file/8750002

Ice-free areas occupy less than 0.25% of the Antarctic surface, and mainly occur along coastlines, or as inland nunataks protruding from the extensive ice sheet. Their extreme environment and geographical isolation have contributed to the evolution of highly adapted, and largely endemic terrestrial...