NDVI patterns and phytomass distribution in the circumpolar Arctic

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 271-281

  Raynolds, M K ^a   Walker, D A ^a   Maier, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Arctic vegetation; Bioclimate zones; Circumpolar; Circumpolar Arctic vegetation map; Elevation; NDVI; Phytomass; Plant biomass; Substrate pH; Tundra

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BIOMASS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PH EFFECTS; SUBSTRATES; VEGETATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC VEGETATION; BIOCLIMATE ZONES; CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC VEGETATION MAP; ELEVATION; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); PHYTOMASS; PLANT BIOMASS; SUBSTRATE PH; TUNDRA;

REMOTE SENSING;

CALIBRATION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; GLACIATION; NDVI; PHYTOMASS; TUNDRA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747118701     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Asrar G., Kanemasu E.T., Jackson R.D., and Pinter P.J. Estimation of total above-ground phytomass production using remotely sensed data. Remote Sensing of Environment 17 (1985) 211-220
2. Boelman N.T., Stieglitz M., Griffin K.L., and Shaver G.R. Inter-annual variability of NDVI in response to long-term warming and fertilization in wet sedge and tussock tundra. Oecologia 143 (2005) 588-597 10.1007/s00442-005-0012-9
3. Boelman N.T., Stieglitz M., Rueth H.M., Sommerkorn M., Griffin K.L., Shaver G.R., et al. Response of NDVI, biomass, and ecosystem gas exchange to long-term warming and fertilization in wet sedge tundra. Oecologia 135 (2003) 414-421
4. Bogaert J., Zhou L., Tucker C.J., Myneni R.B., and Ceulemans R. Evidence for a persistent and extensive greening trend in Eurasia inferred from satellite vegetation index data. Journal of Geophysical Research 107 (2002) 1-14
5. Brown, J., Ferrians, O.J., Heginbottom, J.A., Melnikov, E.S. (1997). Circum-Arctic Map of Permafrost and Ground-ice Conditions, Map CP-45. U.S. Geological Survey.
6. CAVM Team. (2003). Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map, scale 1:7 500 000. Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Map No. 1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska.
7. Comiso J.C. Warming trends in the Arctic from clear sky satellite observations. Journal of Climate 16 (2003) 3498-3510
8. Elvebakk A., Elven R., and Razzhivin V.Y. Delimitation, zonal and sectorial subdivision of the Arctic for the Panarctic Flora Project. In: Nordal I., and Razzhivin V.Y. (Eds). The species concept in the high north - a Panarctic Flora initiative (1999), The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo 375-386
9. ESRI. Digital chart of the world, Sept. 1993. (1993), Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc, Redlands, CA
10. Goetz S.J., Bunn A.G., Fiske G.J., and Houghton R.A. Satellite-observed photosynthetic trends across boreal North America associated with climate and fire disturbance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (2005) 13521-13525
11. Goward S.N., Markham B., Dye D.G., Dulaney W., and Yang J. Normalized difference vegetation index measurements from the advanced very high resolution radiometer. Remote Sensing of Environment 35 (1991) 257-277
12. Goward S.N., Tucker C.T., and Dye D.G. North American vegetation patterns observed with the NOAA-7 advanced very high resolution radiometer. Vegetatio 64 (1985) 3-14
13. Hassol S.J. Impacts of a warming Arctic, Arctic climate impact assessment (2004), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 146
14. Hodkinson I.D., Coulson S.J., and Webb N.R. Community assembly along proglacial chronosequences in the high Arctic: vegetation and soil development in north-west Svalbard. Journal of Ecology 91 (2003) 651-663
15. Hope A.S., Boynton W.L., and Stow D.A. Interannual growth dynamics of vegetation in the Kuparuk River watershed, Alaska based on the normalized difference vegetation index. International Journal of Remote Sensing 24 (2003) 3413-3425
16. Hope A.S., Kimball J.S., and Stow D.A. The relationship between tussock tundra spectral reflectance properties, and biomass and vegetation composition. International Journal of Remote Sensing 14 (1993) 1861-1874
17. Jia G.J., Epstein H.E., and Walker D.A. Spatial characteristics of AVHRR-NDVI along latitudinal transects in northern Alaska. Journal of Vegetation Science 13 (2002) 315-326
18. Jia G.J., Epstein H.E., and Walker D.A. Greening of arctic Alaska, 1981-2001. Geophysical Research Letters 30 (2003) 2067
19. Jia G.J., Epstein H.E., and Walker D.A. Controls over intra-seasonal dynamics of AVHRR NDVI for the Arctic tundra in northern Alaska. International Journal of Remote Sensing 25 (2004) 1547-1564
20. Jordan C.F. Derivation of leaf-area index from quality of light on the forest floor. Ecology 50 (1969) 663-666
21. Kaplan J.O., Bigelow N.H., Prentice I.C., Harrison S.P., Bartlein P.J., Christensen T.R., et al. Climate change and Arctic ecosystems: 2. Modeling, paleodata-model comparisons, and future projections. Journal of Geophysical Research 108 (2003) 8171
22. Markon C.J., Fleming M.D., and Binnian E.F. Characteristics of vegetation phenology over the Alaskan landscape using AVHRR time-series data. Polar Record 31 (1995) 179-190
23. Nellemann C., Kullerud L., Vistnes I., Forbes B.C., Husby E., Kofinas G.P., et al. GLOBIO: Global methodology for mapping human impacts on the biosphere. (2001), United Nations Environment Programme
24. Razzhivin V.Y. Zonation of vegetation in the Russian Arctic. In: Nordal I., and Razzhivin V.Y. (Eds). The species concept in the high north - a panarctic Flora initiative (1999), The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo 113-130
25. Riedel S.M., Epstein H.E., Walker D.A., Richardson D.L., Calef M.P., Edwards E., et al. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of vegetation properties among four tundra plant communities at Ivotuk, Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 37 (2005) 25-33
26. Rouse J.W., Haas R.H., Schell J.A., and Deering D.W. Monitoring vegetation systems in the Great Plains with ERTS. Proceedings of the Third Earth Resources Technology Satellite-1 Symposium (1974), NASA, Greenbelt, MD 301-317
27. SAS. SAS/STAT User's Guide, Version 6. 4th edition. (1989), SAS Institute, Inc, Cary, NC
28. Shippert M.M., Walker D.A., Auerbach N.A., and Lewis B.E. Biomass and leaf-area index maps derived from SPOT images for Toolik Lake and Imnavait Creek areas, Alaska. Polar Record 31 (1995) 147-154
29. Stow D.A., Hope A., McGuire D., Verbyla D., Gamon J., Huemmrich F., et al. Remote sensing of vegetation and land-cover change in arctic tundra ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment 89 (2004) 281-308
30. Stow D.A., Hope A.S., and George T.H. Reflectance characteristics of arctic tundra vegetation from airborne radiometry. International Journal of Remote Sensing 14 (1993) 1239-1244
31. van Wijk M.T., and Williams M. Optical instruments for measuring leaf area index in low vegetation: Application in arctic ecosystems. Ecological Applications 15 (2005) 1462-1470
32. Walker D.A., Auerbach N.A., and Shippert M.M. NDVI, biomass, and landscape evolution of glaciated terrain in northern Alaska. Polar Record 31 (1995) 169-178
33. Walker D.A., Bockheim J.G., Chapin III F.S., Eugster W., Nelson F.E., and Ping C.-L. Calcium-rich tundra, wildlife, and the "Mammoth Steppe". Quaternary Science Reviews 20 (2001) 149-163
34. Walker D.A., Epstein H.E., Jia J.G., Balser A., Copass C., Edwards E.J., et al. Phytomass, LAI, and NDVI in northern Alaska: Relationships to summer warmth, soil pH, plant functional types, and extrapolation to the circumpolar Arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 108 (2003) 8169 10.1029/2001d00986
35. Walker D.A., and Everett K.R. Loess ecosystems of northern Alaska: regional gradient and toposequence at Prudhoe Bay. Ecological Monographs 61 (1991) 437-464
36. Walker D.A., Gould W.A., and Raynolds M.K. The circumpolar Arctic vegetation map: Environmental controls, AVHRR-derived base maps, and integrated mapping procedures. International Journal of Remote Sensing 23 (2002) 2551-2570
37. Walker D.A., Raynolds M.K., Daniels F.J.A., Einarsson E., Elvebakk A., Gould W.A., et al. The circumpolar Arctic vegetation map. Journal of Vegetation Science 16 (2005) 267-282
38. Walker M.D., Warren C.H., Hollister R.D., Henry G.H.R., Ahlquist L.E., Alatalo J.M., et al. Plant community responses to experimental warming across the tundra biome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (2006) 1342-1346
39. Yurtsev B.A. Floristic divisions of the Arctic. Journal of Vegetation Science 5 (1994) 765-776
40. Zhou L., Tucker C.J., Kaufmann R.K., Slayback D., Shabanov N.V., and Myneni R.B. Variations in northern vegetation activity inferred from satellite data of vegetation index during 1981 to 1999. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 106 (2001) 20069-20083