Study on Regional Responses of Pan-Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystems to Recent Climate Variability Using Satellite Remote Sensing

• Main Author: Zhang, Ke
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Montana 2009
• Subjects: Arctic Tundra; Boreal Forest; Climate Change; Evapotranspiration; Remote Sensing; Vegetation Productivity; Arctic; Browning; Pacific; Arctic Basin; Climate change; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/926; https://scholarworks.umt.edu/context/etd/article/1945/viewcontent/Zhang_umt_0136D_10028.pdf

I applied a satellite remote sensing based production efficiency model (PEM) using an integrated AVHRR and MODIS FPAR/LAI time series with a regionally corrected NCEP/NCAR reanalysis surface meteorology and NASA/GEWEX shortwave solar radiation inputs to assess annual terrestrial net primary producti...