Spatial and temporal variation in primary productivity (NDVI) of coastal Alaskan tundra: Decreased vegetation growth following earlier snowmelt

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 144-153

  Gamon, John A ^a,b   Huemmrich, K Fred ^a,c   Stone, Robert S ^d,e   Tweedie, Craig E ^f  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic tundra productivity; Drought; Growing season length; NDVI; Remote sensing; Snowmelt; Spectral reflectance; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC TUNDRA; GROWING SEASON LENGTHS; NDVI; SNOWMELT; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES;

DROUGHT; LANDFORMS; PHENOLS; PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

VEGETATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWING SEASON; LICHEN; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOSS; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TUNDRA; WARMING;

ALASKA; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84870210599     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.10.030     Document Type: Article

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