Tundra Browning in the Indigirka Lowlands (North-Eastern Siberia) Explained by Drought, Floods and Small-Scale Vegetation Shifts

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Magnússon, Rúna, Groten, Finn, Bartholomeus, Harm, van Huissteden, Ko, Heijmans, Monique M.P.D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Arctic tundra; greening; Landsat; NDVI; precipitation; Siberia; Arctic; Browning; Indigirka; Arctic Greening; Tundra
• Online Access: https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/7cf967c4-a85c-484c-bc63-3f2290a2dd1d; https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG007330; https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/7cf967c4-a85c-484c-bc63-3f2290a2dd1d; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85165871019&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85165871019&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Contrary to the general “greening of the Arctic”, the Siberian Indigirka Lowlands show strong “browning” (a decrease in the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index or “NDVI”) in various recent satellite records. Since greening and browning are generally indicative of increases and losses in photosynt...