Sentinel satellite-based mapping of plant productivity in relation to snow duration and time of green-up

• Main Authors: Karlsen, Stein Rune, Stendardi, Laura, Nilsen, Lennart, Malnes, Eirik, Eklundh, Lars, Julitta, Tommaso, Burkart, Andreas, Tømmervik, Hans
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System 2020
• Subjects: Sentinel-1; Sentinel-2; FLOX; snow; phenology; plant productivity; Adventdalen; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4704361

This is chapter 1 of the State of Environmental Science in Svalbard (SESS) report 2019 ( https://sios-svalbard.org/SESS_Issue2 ). Svalbard’s climate is undergoing dramatic changes, but how this will influence plant productivity is largely unknown. Understanding these changes at the ecosystem level r...