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A continuous tree species-specific reflectance anomaly index reveals declining forest condition between 2016 and 2022 in Germany
Large areas of Europe have been repeatedly affected by severe droughts. Stressed trees suffered from direct drought impacts such as …
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A continuous tree species-specific reflectance anomaly index reveals declining forest condition between 2016 and 2022 in Germany
Comparing the Quantum Use Efficiency of Red and Far-Red Sun-Induced Fluorescence at Leaf and Canopy under Heat-Drought Stress
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Earth System Data Cubes: Avenues for Advancing Earth System Research
Recent advancements in Earth system science have been marked by the exponential increase in the availability of diverse, multivariate …
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Cautionary Remarks on the Planetary Boundary Visualisation
The planetary boundary (PB) concept has captured attention across academia and the public alike. Its unique visual representation has …
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Unpredicted Ecosystem Response to Compound Human Impacts in a European River
Climate change elevates the threat of compound heat and drought events, with their ecological and socioeconomic impacts exacerbated by …
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Macrophenological Dynamics from Citizen Science Plant Occurrence Data
Phenological shifts across plant species is a powerful indicator to quantify the effects of climate change. Today, mobile applications …
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DeepExtremeCubes: Integrating Earth System Spatio-Temporal Data for Impact Assessment of Climate Extremes
With climate extremes’ rising frequency and intensity, robust analytical tools are crucial to predict their impacts on …
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Underestimated Land Heat Uptake Alters the Global Energy Distribution in CMIP6 Climate Models
Abstract Current global warming results in an uptake of heat by the Earth system, which is distributed among the different components …
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First comprehensive assessment of industrial-era land heat uptake from multiple sources
The anthropogenically intensified greenhouse effect has caused a radiative imbalance at the top of the atmosphere during the industrial …
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On-Demand Earth System Data Cubes
Advancements in Earth system science have seen a surge in diverse datasets. Earth System Data Cubes (ESDCs) have been introduced to …
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Comprehensive Quality Assessment of Satellite- and Model-Based Soil Moisture Products against the COSMOS Network in Germany
Critical to the reliable application of gridded soil moisture products is a thorough assessment of their quality at spatially …
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Thermodynamic and hydrological drivers of the soil and bedrock thermal regimes in central Spain
An assessment of the soil and bedrock thermal structure of the Sierra de Guadarrama, in central Spain, is provided using subsurface and …
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Spatial Patterns of Vegetation Activity Related to ENSO in Northern South America
Abstract Interannual variability of vegetation activity (i.e., photosynthesis) is strongly correlated with El Niño Southern Oscillation …
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Lexcube: Interactive Visualization of Large Earth System Data Cubes
Many subsystems of Earth are constantly monitored in space and time and undergo continuous anthropogenic interventions. However, …
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Temporal Variability of Observed and Simulated Gross Primary Productivity, Modulated by Vegetation State and Hydrometeorological Drivers
Abstract. The gross primary production (GPP) of the terrestrial biosphere is a key source of variability in the global carbon cycle. It …
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Soil Heat Extremes Can Outpace Air Temperature Extremes
Abstract Quantifying changes in hot temperature extremes is key for developing adaptation strategies. Changes in hot extremes are often …
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Imputing Missing Data in Plant Traits: A Guide to Improve Gap-filling
Abstract Aim Globally distributed plant trait data are increasingly used to understand relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem …
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Leaf-Level Coordination Principles Propagate to the Ecosystem Scale
Abstract Fundamental axes of variation in plant traits result from trade-offs between costs and benefits of resource-use strategies at …
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Influence of Flooding underneath the Amazon Rainforest on Sentinel-1 Backscatter
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Potential of Optical Spaceborne Sensors for the Differentiation of Plastics in the Environment
Plastics are part of our everyday life, as they are versatile materials and can be produced inexpensively. Approximately 10 Gt of …
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Global Variations in Critical Drought Thresholds That Impact Vegetation
ABSTRACT Identifying the thresholds of drought that, if crossed, suppress vegetation functioning is vital for accurate quantification …
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A Standardized Catalogue of Spectral Indices to Advance the Use of Remote Sensing in Earth System Research
Abstract Spectral Indices derived from multispectral remote sensing products are extensively used to monitor Earth system dynamics …
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A Joint Framework for Studying Compound Ecoclimatic Events
Extreme weather and climate events have direct impacts on ecosystems and can further trigger ecosystem disturbances, often having …
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Decoupling Physiological and Non-Physiological Responses of Sugar Beet to Water Stress from Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence
Due to the physiological connection with photosynthesis, sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) provides a promising indicator of …
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Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture
Soil moisture is an essential climate variable and knowledge about its state and dynamics is vital for numerous applications, from …
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Prediction of Plant Diversity Using Multi-Seasonal Remotely Sensed and Geodiversity Data in a Mountainous Area
Plant diversity measurement and monitoring are required for reversing biodiversity loss and ensuring sustainable management. …
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Integrative Toolbox to Assess the Quality of Freshwater Sediments Contaminated with Potentially Toxic Metals
The Guadiana Basin is a transnational basin, presenting historical contamination with potentially toxic metals (PTM), which origin can …
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Relating Vegetation Community Distribution and Diversity to Their Environmental Settings in Part of the Indo-Gangetic Region
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Prediction of Wild Pistachio Ecological Niche Using Machine Learning Models
Observing vegetation dynamics and determining optimum conditions for tree species are important for the long-term habitat conservation. …
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Near-Surface Soil Thermal Regime and Land--Air Temperature Coupling: A Case Study over Spain
Abstract Understanding the near-surface soil thermal regime and its connection to the atmospheric state is important for the assessment …
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Global Apparent Temperature Sensitivity of Terrestrial Carbon Turnover Modulated by Hydrometeorological Factors
Abstract The ecosystem carbon turnover time—an emergent ecosystem property that partly determines the feedback between the terrestrial …
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Evaluation of Satellite and Reanalysis Estimates of Surface and Root-Zone Soil Moisture in Croplands of Jiangsu Province, China
High-quality and long-term surface soil moisture (SSM) and root-zone soil moisture (RZSM) data are critical for agricultural water …
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Biodiversity Loss and Climate Extremes — Study the Feedbacks
Enough of silos: develop a joint scientific agenda to understand the intertwined global crises of the Earth system.
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Single-Cell Multi-Omics of Peripheral Blood Reveals Tiding and Evolution of Responsive and Resistant Clones upon Daratumumab-Based Treatments in Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Leukemia
Background: Treatment with anti-CD38 antibodies is a standard of care in newly diagnosed and relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (MM). …
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Interannual Global Carbon Cycle Variations Linked to Atmospheric Circulation Variability
Abstract. One of the least understood temporal scales of global carbon cycle (C-cycle) dynamics is its interannual variability (IAV). …
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Grazing and Ecosystem Service Delivery in Global Drylands
Grazing represents the most extensive use of land worldwide. Yet its impacts on ecosystem services remain uncertain because pervasive …
Fernando T. Maestre, Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, David J. Eldridge, Hugo Saiz, Miguel Berdugo, Beatriz Gozalo, Victoria Ochoa, Emilio Guirado, Miguel García-Gómez, Enrique Valencia, Juan J. Gaitán, Sergio Asensio, Betty J. Mendoza, César Plaza, Paloma Díaz-Martínez, Ana Rey, Hang-Wei Hu, Ji-Zheng He, Jun-Tao Wang, Anika Lehmann, Matthias C. Rillig, Simone Cesarz, Nico Eisenhauer, Jaime Martínez-Valderrama, Eduardo Moreno-Jiménez, Osvaldo Sala, Mehdi Abedi, Negar Ahmadian, Concepción L. Alados, Valeria Aramayo, Fateh Amghar, Tulio Arredondo, Rodrigo J. Ahumada, Khadijeh Bahalkeh, Farah Ben Salem, Niels Blaum, Bazartseren Boldgiv, Matthew A. Bowker, Donaldo Bran, Chongfeng Bu, Rafaella Canessa, Andrea P. Castillo-Monroy, Helena Castro, Ignacio Castro, Patricio Castro-Quezada, Roukaya Chibani, Abel A. Conceição, Courtney M. Currier, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Balázs Deák, David A. Donoso, Andrew J. Dougill, Jorge Durán, Batdelger Erdenetsetseg, Carlos I. Espinosa, Alex Fajardo, Mohammad Farzam, Daniela Ferrante, Anke S. K. Frank, Lauchlan H. Fraser, Laureano A. Gherardi, Aaron C. Greenville, Carlos A. Guerra, Elizabeth Gusmán-Montalvan, Rosa M. Hernández-Hernández, Norbert Hölzel, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Frederic M. Hughes, Oswaldo Jadán-Maza, Florian Jeltsch, Anke Jentsch, Kudzai F. Kaseke, Melanie Köbel, Jessica E. Koopman, Cintia v. Leder, Anja Linstädter, Peter C. Le Roux, Xinkai Li, Pierre Liancourt, Jushan Liu, Michelle A. Louw, Gillian Maggs-Kölling, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Oumarou Malam Issa, Antonio J. Manzaneda, Eugene Marais, Juan P. Mora, Gerardo Moreno, Seth M. Munson, Alice Nunes, Gabriel Oliva, Gastón R. Oñatibia, Guadalupe Peter, Marco O. D. Pivari, Yolanda Pueyo, R. Emiliano Quiroga, Soroor Rahmanian, Sasha C. Reed, Pedro J. Rey, Benoit Richard, Alexandra Rodríguez, Víctor Rolo, Juan G. Rubalcaba, Jan C. Ruppert, Ayman Salah, Max A. Schuchardt, Sedona Spann, Ilan Stavi, Colton R. A. Stephens, Anthony M. Swemmer, Alberto L. Teixido, Andrew D. Thomas, Heather L. Throop, Katja Tielbörger, Samantha Travers, James Val, Orsolya Valkó, Liesbeth Van Den Brink, Sergio Velasco Ayuso, Frederike Velbert, Wanyoike Wamiti, Deli Wang, Lixin Wang, Glenda M. Wardle, Laura Yahdjian, Eli Zaady, Yuanming Zhang, Xiaobing Zhou, Brajesh K. Singh, Nicolas Gross
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AngleCam : Predicting the Temporal Variation of Leaf Angle Distributions from Image Series with Deep Learning
Abstract Vertical leaf angles and their variation through time are directly related to several ecophysiological processes and …
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Activation of Distinct Inflammatory Pathways in LR-MDS Is Determined By Genetics
Background Dysregulated innate immune signaling has been identified as a driver of the complex pathophysiology of myelodysplastic …
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The Leaf Is Always Greener on the Other Side of the Lab: Optical in-Situ Indicators for Leaf Chlorophyll Content Need Improvement for Semi-Natural Grassland Areas
Leaf chlorophyll content (LCC) is an important indicator of plant health. Earth observation facilitates LCC monitoring on large spatial …
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Retrieval of High-Resolution Vegetation Optical Depth from Sentinel-1 Data over a Grassland Region in the Heihe River Basin
Vegetation optical depth (VOD), as a microwave-based estimate of vegetation water and biomass content, is increasingly used to study …
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FABIAN: A Daily Product of Fractional Austral-summer Blue Ice over ANtarctica during 2000--2021 Based on MODIS Imagery Using Google Earth Engine
Antarctic blue ice areas are exposed due to erosion and sublimation of snow. At the same time, surface melt can form surface types that …
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DeepForest: Novel Deep Learning Models for Land Use and Land Cover Classification Using Multi-Temporal and -Modal Sentinel Data of the Amazon Basin
Land use and land cover (LULC) mapping is a powerful tool for monitoring large areas. For the Amazon rainforest, automated mapping is …
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Classification Characteristics of Fine Motor Experts Based on Electroencephalographic and Force Tracking Data
The application of machine learning techniques provides a data-driven approach for a deeper understanding of the development and …
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Citizen Science Plant Observations Encode Global Trait Patterns
Global maps of plant functional traits are essential for studying the dynamics of the terrestrial biosphere, yet the spatial …
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Challenging the Link between Functional and Spectral Diversity with Radiative Transfer Modeling and Data
In a context of accelerated human-induced biodiversity loss, remote sensing (RS) is emerging as a promising tool to map plant …
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A New Bootstrap Technique to Quantify Uncertainty in Estimates of Ground Surface Temperature and Ground Heat Flux Histories from Geothermal Data
Abstract. Estimates of the past thermal state of the land surface are crucial to assess the magnitude of current anthropogenic climate …
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Seasonal Propagation Characteristics from Meteorological to Hydrological Drought and Their Dynamics in the Headstreams of the Tarim River Basin
Abstract In the propagation from meteorological to hydrological drought, there are time-lag and step-abrupt effects, quantified in …
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Flash Droughts Identification Based on an Improved Framework and Their Contrasting Impacts on Vegetation Over the Loess Plateau, China
Abstract Flash drought occurs in a short timescale and has more adverse impacts on society and ecosystems than regular drought. …
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CloudSEN12 - a Global Dataset for Semantic Understanding of Cloud and Cloud Shadow in Sentinel-2
Accurately characterizing clouds and their shadows is a long-standing problem in the Earth Observation community. Recent works showcase …
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Transfer Learning from Citizen Science Photographs Enables Plant Species Identification in UAV Imagery
Accurate information on the spatial distribution of plant species and communities is in high demand for various fields of application, …
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SPECTRAL: AWESOME SPECTRAL INDICES DEPLOYED VIA THE GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE JAVASCRIPT API
Abstract. Spectral Indices derived from Remote Sensing (RS) data are widely used for characterizing Earth System dynamics. The …
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Spatially Autocorrelated Training and Validation Samples Inflate Performance Assessment of Convolutional Neural Networks
Deep learning and particularly Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) in concert with remote sensing are becoming standard analytical …
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Potential of UAV-based Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence to Detect Water Stress in Sugar Beet
Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) is a direct indicator of plant photosynthetic activities and can potentially indicate plant …
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Mapping Land-Use Intensity of Grasslands in Germany with Machine Learning and Sentinel-2 Time Series
Information on grassland land-use intensity (LUI) is crucial for understanding trends and dynamics in biodiversity, ecosystem …
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Mapping Land-Use Intensity of Grasslands in Germany with Machine Learning and Sentinel-2 Time Series
Analysis of Vegetation Vulnerability Dynamics and Driving Forces to Multiple Drought Stresses in a Changing Environment
Quantifying changes in the vulnerability of vegetation to various drought stresses in different seasons is important for rational and …
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Fluorescence Ratio and Photochemical Reflectance Index as a Proxy for Photosynthetic Quantum Efficiency of Photosystem II along a Phosphorus Gradient
Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) is one of the most promising remote-sensing signals to assess spatio-temporal variation in …
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Attribution of Global Evapotranspiration Trends Based on the Budyko Framework
Abstract. Actual evapotranspiration (ET) is an essential variable in the hydrological process, linking carbon, water, and energy …
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Rapid Assessment of Plant Diversity Using MODIS Biophysical Proxies
The spectral information derived from satellite data provides important inputs for assessing plant diversity. If a suitable …
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Structural Attributes Estimation in a Natural Tropical Forest Fragment Using Very High-Resolution Imagery from Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Structural attributes are fundamental biophysical parameters of forest, useful for ecological and environmental monitoring and …
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SOLAR PANELS AREA ESTIMATION USING THE SPACEBORNE IMAGING SPECTROMETER DESIS: OUTPERFORMING MULTISPECTRAL SENSORS
Abstract. Solar photovoltaic power plants are in rapid expansion throughout the world, with the total area occupied by panels being …
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Prospective Phase II Study of Preemptive Chimerism-Driven Reduction of Immunosuppression after Non-Myeloablative Conditioning—Eudract #: 2007-002420-15
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Physics-Aware Nonparametric Regression Models for Earth Data Analysis
Abstract Process understanding and modeling is at the core of scientific reasoning. Principled parametric and mechanistic modeling …
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Toward Causal Inference for Spatio-Temporal Data: Conflict and Forest Loss in Colombia
How does armed conflict influence tropical forest loss? For Colombia, both enhancing and reducing effect estimates have been reported. …
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Method for Solar Resource Assessment Using Numerical Weather Prediction and Artificial Neural Network Models Based on Typical Meteorological Data: Application to the South of Portugal
In this work a method for regional solar resource assessment based on numerical weather prediction (NWP) and artificial neural network …
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Impact of Medication on Blood Transcriptome Reveals Off-Target Regulations of Beta-Blockers
Background For many drugs, mechanisms of action with regard to desired effects and/or unwanted side effects are only incompletely …
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Development and Application of High Resolution SPEI Drought Dataset for Central Asia
Abstract Central Asia is a data scarce region, which makes it difficult to monitor and minimize the impacts of a drought. To address …
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Decoupling between Ecosystem Photosynthesis and Transpiration: A Last Resort against Overheating
Abstract Ecosystems are projected to face extreme high temperatures more frequently in the near future. Various biotic coping …
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An Environmental Exploration System for Visual Scenario Analysis of Regional Hydro-Meteorological Systems
We propose a framework for the 3D exploration of heterogeneous environmental data within a geographical region of interest. Based on …
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Accuracy and Reproducibility of Laboratory Diffuse Reflectance Measurements with Portable VNIR and MIR Spectrometers for Predictive Soil Organic Carbon Modeling
Soil spectroscopy in the visible-to-near infrared (VNIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) is a cost-effective method to determine the soil …
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A Mosaic of Induced and Non-induced Branches Promotes Variation in Leaf Traits, Predation and Insect Herbivore Assemblages in Canopy Trees
Abstract Forest canopies are complex and highly diverse environments. Their diversity is affected by pronounced gradients in abiotic …
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Various Maize Yield Losses and Their Dynamics Triggered by Drought Thresholds Based on Copula-Bayesian Conditional Probabilities
In the context of global warming and human interventions, the impact of climate on crop yield may change over time. Therefore, …
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Performance of in Situ vs Laboratory Mid-Infrared Soil Spectroscopy Using Local and Regional Calibration Strategies
Comparison of in situ mid-infrared spectroscopy (MIRS) with laboratory MIRS is required to demonstrate the accuracy of field-scale …
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Motion Compensation/Autofocus in Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar: A Review
Air- and spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can provide a large number of high-resolution images for microwave remote sensing …
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High-Resolution Propagation Time from Meteorological to Agricultural Drought at Multiple Levels and Spatiotemporal Scales
Meteorological drought (MD) is the source of agricultural drought (AD), and in-depth understanding of the propagation process from MD …
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Diversity Effects on Canopy Structure Change throughout a Growing Season in Experimental Grassland Communities
Increasing plant diversity commonly enhances standing biomass and other ecosystem functions (i.e., carbon fluxes, water use efficiency, …
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Impact of a Large Artificial Lake on Regional Climate: A Typical Meteorological Year Meso-NH Simulation Results
Abstract Large artificial lakes and reservoirs affect the meteorological regime of the shore area and the local climate takes on a …
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Identifying the Main Drivers of the Seasonal Decline of Near-Infrared Reflectance of a Temperate Deciduous Forest
The physical mechanisms behind correlations of earth observations and remote sensing products are of vital importance. The so-called …
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EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL OF DESIS TO INFER PLANT TAXONOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITIES IN EUROPEAN FORESTS
Abstract. Tackling the accelerated human-induced biodiversity loss requires tools able to map biodiversity and its changes globally. …
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Dataset of Hydrological Records in 5 Min Resolution of Tributaries in the Mueglitz River Basin, Germany
We present a new hydrometric dataset that comprises water level and discharge time series measured at five tributaries draining …
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Content of Soil Organic Carbon and Labile Fractions Depend on Local Combinations of Mineral-Phase Characteristics
Abstract. Soil organic matter (SOM) is an indispensable component of terrestrial ecosystems. Soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics are …
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A Machine Learning Framework for the Classification of Natura 2000 Habitat Types at Large Spatial Scales Using MODIS Surface Reflectance Data
Anthropogenic climate and land use change is causing rapid shifts in the distribution and composition of habitats with profound impacts …
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WRF v.3.9 Sensitivity to Land Surface Model and Horizontal Resolution Changes over North America
Abstract. Understanding the differences between regional simulations of land–atmosphere interactions and near-surface conditions …
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Spatial and Seasonal Modeling of the Land Surface Temperature Using Random Forest
Land surface temperature (LST) is an important climate indicator that shows the relationship between the atmosphere and land. Due to …
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Sampling Robustness in Gradient Analysis of Urban Material Mixtures
Many studies analyzing spaceborne hyperspectral images (HSIs) have so far struggled to deal with a lack of pure pixels due to complex …
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Retrieval of Simultaneous Water-Level Changes in Small Lakes With InSAR
Abstract Monitoring water level changes is necessary to manage, conserve and restore natural, and anthropogenic lake systems. However, …
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ReservoirComputing.Jl: An Efficient and Modular Library for Reservoir Computing Models
We introduce ReservoirComputing.jl, an open source Julia library for reservoir computing models. The software offers a great number of …
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Quantification of Soil Organic Carbon at Regional Scale: Benefits of Fusing Vis-NIR and MIR Diffuse Reflectance Data Are Greater for in Situ than for Laboratory-Based Modelling Approaches
Benefits of fusion approaches for visible to near (vis-NIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) chemometric modelling have been studied to some …
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Predictive Habitat Suitability Models for Teucrium Polium L. Using Boosted Regression Trees
The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between the occurrence of Teucrium polium species and environmental variables to …
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Predicting Spatiotemporal Variability in Radial Tree Growth at the Continental Scale with Machine Learning
Abstract Tree-ring chronologies encode interannual variability in forest growth rates over long time periods from decades to centuries …
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Performance of Field-scale Lab vs in Situ Visible/Near- and Mid-infrared Spectroscopy for Estimation of Soil Properties
Abstract Comparison of laboratory versus in situ visible/near- (visNIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy for prediction of various …
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On the Potential of Sentinel-2 for Estimating Gross Primary Production
Estimating Gross Primary Production (GPP), the gross uptake of CO$_2$ by vegetation, is a fundamental prerequisite for understanding …
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ISC-UNDRR-RISK KAN: Briefing Note on Systemic riskBriefing Note on Systemic Risk
Systemic risk is associated with cascading impacts that spread within and across systems and sectors (e.g. ecosystems, health, …
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Improvement of AMSR2 Soil Moisture Retrieval Using a Soil-Vegetation Temperature Decomposition Algorithm
It is well documented that soil moisture can be retrieved from passive microwave (PMW) observations. A basic assumption of most …
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Estimating High-Resolution Soil Moisture Over Mountainous Regions Using Remotely-Sensed Multispectral and Topographic Data
A surface soil moisture (SM) condition at high spatiotemportal resolutions is required by regional Earth system applications. Here, we …
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Estimating Heavy Metal Concentrations in Technosols with Reflectance Spectroscopy
Reflectance spectroscopy in the visible-infrared and shortwave infrared (450– 2500 nm) wavelength region is a rapid, cost-effective and …
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COVID-19: An Analysis on Official Reports in Iran and the World along with Some Comparisons to Other Hazards
Currently, the spread of coronavirus has affected almost the world and all cities in Iran. In this regard, the present study was …
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Contrasting Biophysical and Societal Impacts of Hydro-Meteorological Extremes
Abstract Extreme hydrological and meteorological conditions can severely affect ecosystems, parts of the economy, and consequently …
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A Method for Downscaling Satellite Soil Moisture Based on Land Surface Temperature and Net Surface Shortwave Radiation
Due to the coarse spatial resolution of currently available microwave (mostly passive) soil moisture (SM) products, it is difficult to …
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Time-Scale Dependent Relations Between Earth Observation Based Proxies of Vegetation Productivity
Abstract Much uncertainty remains in measuring the inter-annual and longer-term dynamics of vegetation gross and net primary …
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The Role of Land Use and Land Cover Change in Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments of Biodiversity: A Systematic Review
Abstract Context For many organisms, responses to climate change (CC) will be affected by land-use and land-cover changes (LULCC). …
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Solar Photovoltaic Module Detection Using Laboratory and Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy Data
Over the past decades, solar panels have been widely used to harvest solar energy owing to the decreased cost of silicon-based …
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Künstliche Intelligenz in Der Hämatologie
Von der automatisierten Auswertung medizinischer Dokumente über die Analyse molekulargenetischer Daten zur beschleunigten …
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Climatic and Soil Factors Explain the Two-Dimensional Spectrum of Global Plant Trait Variation
Abstract Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are thus widely used in global models of …
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Climatic and Soil Factors Explain the Two-Dimensional Spectrum of Global Plant Trait Variation
Habitat Potential Modelling and Mapping of Teucrium Polium Using Machine Learning Techniques
Determining suitable habitats is important for the successful management and conservation of plant and wildlife species. Teucrium …
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Evaluating Different Methods for Retrieving Intraspecific Leaf Trait Variation from Hyperspectral Leaf Reflectance
Leaf mass per area (LMA), leaf dry matter content (LDMC) and leaf water content/ equivalent water thickness (EWT) are commonly used …
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A First Assessment of Satellite and Reanalysis Estimates of Surface and Root-Zone Soil Moisture over the Permafrost Region of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Long-term and high-quality surface soil moisture (SSM) and root-zone soil moisture (RZSM) data is crucial for understanding the …
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The Three Major Axes of Terrestrial Ecosystem Function
Abstract The leaf economics spectrum 1,2 and the global spectrum of plant forms and functions 3 revealed fundamental axes of variation …
Mirco Migliavacca, Talie Musavi, Miguel D. Mahecha, Jacob A. Nelson, Jürgen Knauer, Dennis D. Baldocchi, Oscar Perez-Priego, Rune Christiansen, Jonas Peters, Karen Anderson, Michael Bahn, T. Andrew Black, Peter D. Blanken, Damien Bonal, Nina Buchmann, Silvia Caldararu, Arnaud Carrara, Nuno Carvalhais, Alessandro Cescatti, Jiquan Chen, Jamie Cleverly, Edoardo Cremonese, Ankur R. Desai, Tarek S. El-Madany, Martha M. Farella, Marcos Fernández-Martínez, Gianluca Filippa, Matthias Forkel, Marta Galvagno, Ulisse Gomarasca, Christopher M. Gough, Mathias Göckede, Andreas Ibrom, Hiroki Ikawa, Ivan A. Janssens, Martin Jung, Jens Kattge, Trevor F. Keenan, Alexander Knohl, Hideki Kobayashi, Guido Kraemer, Beverly E. Law, Michael J. Liddell, Xuanlong Ma, Ivan Mammarella, David Martini, Craig Macfarlane, Giorgio Matteucci, Leonardo Montagnani, Daniel E. Pabon-Moreno, Cinzia Panigada, Dario Papale, Elise Pendall, Josep Penuelas, Richard P. Phillips, Peter B. Reich, Micol Rossini, Eyal Rotenberg, Russell L. Scott, Clement Stahl, Ulrich Weber, Georg Wohlfahrt, Sebastian Wolf, Ian J. Wright, Dan Yakir, Sönke Zaehle, Markus Reichstein
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Estimation and Evaluation of High-Resolution Soil Moisture from Merged Model and Earth Observation Data in the Great Britain
Soil moisture is an important component of the Earth system and plays a key role in land-atmosphere interactions. Remote sensing of …
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Electrophysiological Signatures of Dedifferentiation Differ between Fit and Less Fit Older Adults
Abstract Cardiorespiratory fitness was found to influence age-related changes of resting state brain network organization. However, the …
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Does the Intensive Grazing and Aridity Change the Relations between the Dominant Shrub emphArtemisiaemph Kopetdaghensis and Plants under Its Canopies?
Abstract The interspecific plant interactions along grazing and aridity stress gradients represent a major research issue in plant …
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Classification of Visuomotor Tasks Based on Electroencephalographic Data Depends on Age-Related Differences in Brain Activity Patterns
Classification of physiological data provides a data driven approach to study central aspects of motor control, which changes with age. …
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VNIR and MIR Spectroscopy of PLFA-derived Soil Microbial Properties and Associated Soil Physicochemical Characteristics in an Experimental Plant Diversity Gradient
Improving our understanding of the functions and processes of soil microbial communities and their interactions with the …
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VNIR and MIR Spectroscopy of PLFA-derived Soil Microbial Properties and Associated Soil Physicochemical Characteristics in an Experimental Plant Diversity Gradient
Sentinel-1 Soil Moisture at 1 Km Resolution: A Validation Study
This study presents an assessment of a pre-operational soil moisture product at 1 km resolution derived from satellite data acquired by …
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Performance of Singular Spectrum Analysis in Separating Seasonal and Fast Physiological Dynamics of Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence and PRI Optical Signals
Abstract High temporal resolution measurements of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence ( F ) and the Photochemical Reflectance Index …
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Monitoring Water and Energy Cycles at Climate Scale in the Third Pole Environment (CLIMATE-TPE)
A better understanding of the water and energy cycles at climate scale in the Third Pole Environment is essential for assessing and …
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Composing Modeling and Simulation with Machine Learning in Julia
In this paper we introduce JuliaSim, a high-performance programming environment designed to blend traditional modeling and simulation …
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Crowd-Sourced Plant Occurrence Data Provide a Reliable Description of Macroecological Gradients
Deep learning algorithms classify plant species with high accuracy, and smartphone applications leverage this technology to enable …
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Crowd-Sourced Plant Occurrence Data Provide a Reliable Description of Macroecological Gradients
Characterizing the River Water Quality in China: Recent Progress and on-Going Challenges
Food production systems, urbanization, and other anthropogenic activities dramatically alter natural hydrological and nutrient cycles, …
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Are Urban Material Gradients Transferable between Areas?
Urban areas contain a complex mixture of surface materials resulting in mixed pixels that are challenging to handle with conventional …
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Satellite-Based and Reanalysis Soil Moisture Products Using in Situ Observations over China
Abstract. Soil moisture (SM) plays a critical role in the water and energy cycles of the Earth system; consequently, a long-term SM …
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Benchmarking Plant Diversity of Palaearctic Grasslands and Other Open Habitats
Abstract Aims Understanding fine-grain diversity patterns across large spatial extents is fundamental for macroecological research and …
Idoia Biurrun, Remigiusz Pielech, Iwona Dembicz, François Gillet, Łukasz Kozub, Corrado Marcenò, Triin Reitalu, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Riccardo Guarino, Milan Chytrý, Robin J. Pakeman, Zdenka Preislerová, Irena Axmanová, Sabina Burrascano, Sándor Bartha, Steffen Boch, Hans Henrik Bruun, Timo Conradi, Pieter De Frenne, Franz Essl, Goffredo Filibeck, Michal Hájek, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, Anna Kuzemko, Zsolt Molnár, Meelis Pärtel, Ricarda Pätsch, Honor C. Prentice, Jan Roleček, Laura M. E. Sutcliffe, Massimo Terzi, Manuela Winkler, Jianshuang Wu, Svetlana Aćić, Alicia T. R. Acosta, Elias Afif, Munemitsu Akasaka, Juha M. Alatalo, Michele Aleffi, Alla Aleksanyan, Arshad Ali, Iva Apostolova, Parvaneh Ashouri, Zoltán Bátori, Esther Baumann, Thomas Becker, Elena Belonovskaya, José Luis Benito Alonso, Asun Berastegi, Ariel Bergamini, Kuber Prasad Bhatta, Ilaria Bonini, Marc-Olivier Büchler, Vasyl Budzhak, Álvaro Bueno, Fabrizio Buldrini, Juan Antonio Campos, Laura Cancellieri, Marta Carboni, Tobias Ceulemans, Alessandro Chiarucci, Cristina Chocarro, Luisa Conti, Anna Mária Csergő, Beata Cykowska-Marzencka, Marta Czarniecka-Wiera, Marta Czarnocka-Cieciura, Patryk Czortek, Jiří Danihelka, Francesco De Bello, Balázs Deák, László Demeter, Lei Deng, Martin Diekmann, Jiri Dolezal, Christian Dolnik, Pavel Dřevojan, Cecilia Dupré, Klaus Ecker, Hamid Ejtehadi, Brigitta Erschbamer, Javier Etayo, Jonathan Etzold, Tünde Farkas, Mohammad Farzam, George Fayvush, María Rosa Fernández Calzado, Manfred Finckh, Wendy Fjellstad, Georgios Fotiadis, Daniel Garcíaágro, Itziar García-Mijangos, Rosario G. Gavilán, Markus Germany, Sahar Ghafari, Gian Pietro Giusso Del Galdo, John-Arvid Grytnes, Behlül Güler, Alba Gutiérrez-Girón, Aveliina Helm, Mercedes Herrera, Elisabeth M. Hüllbusch, Nele Ingerpuu, Annika K. Jägerbrand, Ute Jandt, Monika Janišová, Philippe Jeanneret, Florian Jeltsch, Kai Jensen, Anke Jentsch, Zygmunt Kącki, Kaoru Kakinuma, Jutta Kapfer, Mansoureh Kargar, András Kelemen, Kathrin Kiehl, Philipp Kirschner, Asuka Koyama, Nancy Langer, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Jan Lepš, Ching-Feng Li, Frank Yonghong Li, Diego Liendo, Regina Lindborg, Swantje Löbel, Angela Lomba, Zdeňka Lososová, Pavel Lustyk, Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga, Wenhong Ma, Simona Maccherini, Martin Magnes, Marek Malicki, Michael Manthey, Constantin Mardari, Felix May, Helmut Mayrhofer, Eliane Seraina Meier, Farshid Memariani, Kristina Merunková, Ottar Michelsen, Joaquín Molero Mesa, Halime Moradi, Ivan Moysiyenko, Michele Mugnai, Alireza Naqinezhad, Rayna Natcheva, Josep M. Ninot, Marcin Nobis, Jalil Noroozi, Arkadiusz Nowak, Vladimir Onipchenko, Salza Palpurina, Harald Pauli, Hristo Pedashenko, Christian Pedersen, Robert K. Peet, Aaron Pérez-Haase, Jan Peters, Nataša Pipenbaher, Chrisoula Pirini, Eulàlia Pladevall-Izard, Zuzana Plesková, Giovanna Potenza, Soroor Rahmanian, Maria Pilar Rodríguezójo, Vladimir Ronkin, Leonardo Rosati, Eszter Ruprecht, Solvita Rusina, Marko Sabovljević, Anvar Sanaei, Ana M. Sánchez, Francesco Santi, Galina Savchenko, Maria-Teresa Sebastià, Dariia Shyriaieva, Vasco Silva, Sonja Škornik, Eva Šmerdová, Judit Sonkoly, Marta Gaia Sperandii, Monika Staniaszek-Kik, Carly Stevens, Simon Stifter, Sigrid Suchrow, Grzegorz Swacha, Sebastian Świersz, Amir Talebi, Balázs Teleki, Lubomír Tichý, Csaba Tölgyesi, Marta Torca, Péter Török, Nadezda Tsarevskaya, Ioannis Tsiripidis, Ingrid Turisová, Atushi Ushimaru, Orsolya Valkó, Carmen Van Mechelen, Thomas Vanneste, Iuliia Vasheniak, Kiril Vassilev, Daniele Viciani, Luis Villar, Risto Virtanen, Vitasović-Kosić Ivana, András Vojtkó, Denys Vynokurov, Emelie Waldén, Yun Wang, Frank Weiser, Lu Wen, Karsten Wesche, Hannah White, Stefan Widmer, Sebastian Wolfrum, Anna Wróbel, Zuoqiang Yuan, David Zelený, Liqing Zhao, Jürgen Dengler
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A Multi-Hazard Map-Based Flooding, Gully Erosion, Forest Fires, and Earthquakes in Iran
Abstract We used three state-of-the-art machine learning techniques (boosted regression tree, random forest, and support vector …
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Let Your Maps Be Fuzzy!—Class Probabilities and Floristic Gradients as Alternatives to Crisp Mapping for Remote Sensing of Vegetation
Abstract Mapping vegetation as hard classes based on remote sensing data is a frequently applied approach, even though this crisp, …
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Eemont: A Python Package That Extends Google Earth Engine
Google Earth Engine (GEE) is a cloud-based service for geospatial processing of vector and raster data (Gorelick et al., 2017). The GEE …
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Priority List of Biodiversity Metrics to Observe from Space
Monitoring global biodiversity from space through remotely sensing geospatial patterns has high potential to add to our knowledge …
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High Spatial Resolution Mapping Identifies Habitat Characteristics of the Invasive Vine emphAntigononemph Leptopus on St. Eustatius (Lesser Antilles)
Abstract On the Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, Coralita ( Antigonon leptopus ) is an aggressive invasive vine posing major …
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First Assessment of the Earth Heat Inventory within CMIP5 Historical Simulations
Abstract. The energy imbalance at the top of the atmosphere over the last century has caused an accumulation of heat within the ocean, …
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Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy Estimates for Soil Properties Using Multiple Partitions: Effects of the Range of Contents, Sample Size, and Algorithms
Abstract The RMSE of validation (RMSE V ) and ratio of the interquartile range to RMSE V (RPIQ V ) are key quality parameters in …
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Biodiversity Facets Affect Community Surface Temperature via 3D Canopy Structure in Grassland Communities
Abstract Canopy structure is an important driver of the energy budget of grassland ecosystem and is, at the same time, altered by plant …
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Which Optical Traits Enable an Estimation of Tree Species Diversity Based on the Spectral Variation Hypothesis?
Abstract Question Which optical traits, retrieved from biophysical models applied to Sentinel-2 images, enable an estimation of tree …
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Functional Convergence of Biosphere--Atmosphere Interactions in Response to Meteorological Conditions
Abstract. Understanding the dependencies of the terrestrial carbon and water cycle with meteorological conditions is a prerequisite to …
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Functional Convergence of Biosphere--Atmosphere Interactions in Response to Meteorological Conditions
Where Are Global Vegetation Greening and Browning Trends Significant?
Abstract Global greening trends have been widely reported based on long-term remote sensing data of terrestrial ecosystems. Typically, …
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Where Are Global Vegetation Greening and Browning Trends Significant?
Water-Sediment Physicochemical Dynamics in a Large Reservoir in the Mediterranean Region under Multiple Stressors
Nowadays, the Mediterranean freshwater systems face the threat of water scarcity, along with multiple other stressors (e.g., organic …
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Review on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) in Vegetation Remote Sensing
Identifying and characterizing vascular plants in time and space is required in various disciplines, e.g. in forestry, conservation and …
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Review on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) in Vegetation Remote Sensing
Improving Soil Moisture Prediction of a High-Resolution Land Surface Model by Parameterising Pedotransfer Functions through Assimilation of SMAP Satellite Data
Abstract. Pedotransfer functions are used to relate gridded databases of soil texture information to the soil hydraulic and thermal …
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Explaining Sentinel 2-Based dNBR and RdNBR Variability with Reference Data from the Bird's Eye (UAS) Perspective
Characterizing the spatial variability of the severity of wildfires is important to assess ecological and economic consequences and to …
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Contrasting Controls on Congo Basin Evaporation at the Two Rainfall Peaks
Abstract Evaporation is a crucial driver of Congo Basin climate, but the dynamics controlling the seasonality of basin evaporation are …
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A Harmonized Global Land Evaporation Dataset from ReanalysisProducts Covering 1980--2017
Abstract. Land evaporation (ET) plays a crucial role in hydrological and energy cycle. However, the widely used numerical products are …
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A Comprehensive Evaluation of Latest GPM IMERG V06 Early, Late and Final Precipitation Products across China
This study evaluated the performance of the early, late and final runs of IMERG version 06 precipitation products at various spatial …
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The Retrieval of Plant Functional Traits from Canopy Spectra through RTM-inversions and Statistical Models Are Both Critically Affected by Plant Phenology
Plant functional traits play a key role in the assessment of ecosystem processes and properties. Optical remote sensing is ascribed a …
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The Retrieval of Plant Functional Traits from Canopy Spectra through RTM-inversions and Statistical Models Are Both Critically Affected by Plant Phenology
Long-Term Global Ground Heat Flux and Continental Heat Storage from Geothermal Data
Abstract. Energy exchanges among climate subsystems are of critical importance to determine the climate sensitivity of the …
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Land Cover Harmonization Using Latent Dirichlet Allocation
Large-area land cover maps are produced to satisfy different information needs. Land cover maps having partial or complete spatial …
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Hydro-Climatic Changes of Wetlandscapes across the World
Abstract Assessments of ecosystem service and function losses of wetlandscapes (i.e., wetlands and their hydrological catchments) …
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Global Assessments of Two Blended Microwave Soil Moisture Products CCI and SMOPS with In-Situ Measurements and Reanalysis Data
Multiple soil moisture (SM) products have been produced based on observations from microwave satellite sensors nowadays, allowing for …
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A Unified Vegetation Index for Quantifying the Terrestrial Biosphere
Machine learning generalizes vegetation indices to better quantify the terrestrial biosphere. , Empirical vegetation indices derived …
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Using Floristic Gradient Mapping to Assess Seasonal Thaw Depth in Interior Alaska
Abstract Questions Is it possible to map floristic gradients in heterogeneous boreal vegetation by using remote-sensing data? Does a …
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The Analysis of the Long-Term Changes of the Growing Seasons in Kyiv, Ukraine Using Global Historical Climatology Network-Daily Database
The objective of this study was to evaluate the long-term changes in the timing of the growing season (GS) parameters for the city of …
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Spectrally Defined Plant Functional Types Adequately Capture Multidimensional Trait Variation in Herbaceous Communities
Our ability to measure plant characteristics across space and time is crucial for understanding and tracking the diversity and …
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Satellite Based Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation Is Congruent with Plant Diversity in India
A dynamic habitat index (DHI) based on satellite derived biophysical proxy (fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation, …
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Revisiting Recommended BGP Route Flap Damping Configurations
BGP Route Flap Damping (RFD) is recommended to suppress BGP churn. Current configuration recommendations for RFD, however, are based on …
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Estimating Long-Term Spatio-Temporal Variations of Urban Vegetation Using Landsat Time Series: A Case Study of Kyiv City, Ukraine
Vegetation contributes significantly to the sustainability of urban environment and the well-being of city dwellers. For this reason, …
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Ecological Determinants of Woody Plant Species Richness in the Indian Himalayan Forest
The ecological importance of woody plant species richness is well known. The role of abiotic ecological determinants on structuring the …
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Detecting Tree Species Effects on Forest Canopy Temperatures with Thermal Remote Sensing: The Role of Spatial Resolution
Canopy temperatures are important for understanding tree physiology, ecology, and their cooling potential, which provides a valuable …
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Detecting Tree Species Effects on Forest Canopy Temperatures with Thermal Remote Sensing: The Role of Spatial Resolution
Composable and Reusable Neural Surrogates to Predict System Response of Causal Model Components
Surrogate models, or machine learning based emulators of simulators, have been shown to be a powerful tool for accelerating …
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A Roadmap for High-Resolution Satellite Soil Moisture Applications -- Confronting Product Characteristics with User Requirements
Soil moisture observations are of broad scientific interest and practical value for a wide range of applications. The scientific …
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A Roadmap for High-Resolution Satellite Soil Moisture Applications -- Confronting Product Characteristics with User Requirements
Mapping Forest Tree Species in High Resolution UAV-based RGB-imagery by Means of Convolutional Neural Networks
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in vegetation remote sensing allows a time-flexible and cost-effective acquisition of very …
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Mapping Forest Tree Species in High Resolution UAV-based RGB-imagery by Means of Convolutional Neural Networks
Convolutional Neural Networks Accurately Predict Cover Fractions of Plant Species and Communities in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ( UAV ) greatly extended our possibilities to acquire high resolution remote sensing data for …
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Convolutional Neural Networks Accurately Predict Cover Fractions of Plant Species and Communities in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery
About Validation-Comparison of Burned Area Products
This paper proposes a validation-comparison method for burned area (BA) products. The technique considers: (1) bootstrapping of scenes …
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Linking the Remote Sensing of Geodiversity and Traits Relevant to Biodiversity—Part II: Geomorphology, Terrain and Surfaces
The status, changes, and disturbances in geomorphological regimes can be regarded as controlling and regulating factors for …
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Land Surface Model Influence on the Simulated Climatologies of Temperature and Precipitation Extremes in the WRF v3.9 Model over North America
Abstract. The representation and projection of extreme temperature and precipitation events in regional and global climate models are …
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Effects of Livestock Grazing on Plant Species Diversity Vary along a Climatic Gradient in Northeastern Iran
Abstract Questions (a) Do patterns of species diversity and composition differ between plots exposed to high vs. low grazing intensity? …
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BGP Beacons, Network Tomography, and Bayesian Computation to Locate Route Flap Damping
Pinpointing autonomous systems which deploy specific inter-domain techniques such as Route Flap Damping (RFD) or Route Origin …
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Quantifying the Cost-Effectiveness of Nutrient-Removal Strategies for a Lowland Rural Watershed: Insights from Process-Based Modeling
Several management strategies, such as wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), have been increasingly used to mitigate nutrient pollution …
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Moisture Origin as a Driver of Temporal Variabilities of the Water Vapour Isotopic Composition in the Lena River Delta, Siberia
Abstract. In the context of the Arctic amplification of climate change affecting the regional atmospheric hydrological cycle, it is …
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Lightning Modelling for the Research of Forest Fire Ignition in Portugal
The study aims to assess the applicability of the current Meso-NH electrical scheme (CELLS) in the investigation of forest fire …
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Impacts of Climate Change on the Water Resources of the Kunduz River Basin, Afghanistan
The Kunduz River is one of the main tributaries of the Amu Darya Basin in North Afghanistan. Many communities live in the Kunduz River …
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Hyperspectral Imaging for Fine to Medium Scale Applications in Environmental Sciences
Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) combines conventional imaging and spectroscopic techniques in a way of spatially organized spectroscopy …
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Heat Stored in the Earth System: Where Does the Energy Go?
Abstract. Human-induced atmospheric composition changes cause a radiative imbalance at the top of the atmosphere which is driving …
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Discovering Differential Equations from Earth Observation Data
Modeling and understanding the Earth system is a constant and challenging scientific endeavour. When a clear mechanistic model is …
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A Standard Protocol for Reporting Species Distribution Models
Species distribution models (SDMs) constitute the most common class of models across ecology, evolution and conservation. The advent of …
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The Magnitude and Drivers of Harmful Algal Blooms in China's Lakes and Reservoirs: A National-Scale Characterization
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) can have dire repercussions on aquatic wildlife and human health, and may negatively affect recreational …
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The Low Dimensionality of Development
Abstract The World Bank routinely publishes over 1500 World Development Indicators'' to track the socioeconomic development at the …
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The Low Dimensionality of Development
Numerical Study of the Seasonal Thermal and Gas Regimes of the Largest Artificial Reservoir in Western Europe Using the LAKE 2.0 Model
Abstract. The Alqueva reservoir (southeast of Portugal) is the largest artificial lake in western Europe and a strategic freshwater …
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Validation Practices for Satellite Soil Moisture Retrievals: What Are (the) Errors?
This paper presents a community effort to develop good practice guidelines for the validation of global coarse-scale satellite soil …
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Towards a Large-Scale 3D Modeling of the Built Environment—Joint Analysis of TanDEM-X, Sentinel-2 and Open Street Map Data
Continental to global scale mapping of the human settlement extent based on earth observation satellite data has made considerable …
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Recuperation Gain for a Hydraulic Energy Storage in Automotive Applications
Vehicles with internal combustion engines waste a lot of energy during conventional braking. Therefore, energy recovery systems are …
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Impact of Forest Cover Change on Available Water Resources: Long-Term Forest Cover Dynamics of the Semi-Arid Dhofar Cloud Forest, Oman
Forest cover dynamics are an important indicator for climate change as well as for land conversion studies. Based on an analysis of 30 …
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Estimation of Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) Phenology of a Short-Rotation Plantation Using Remotely Sensed Indices Derived from Sentinel-2 Images
This study aimed to understand which vegetation indices (VIs) are an ideal proxy for describing phenology and interannual variability …
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Accounting for Multiple Testing in the Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Environmental Data
Abstract The statistical analysis of environmental data from remote sensing and Earth system simulations often entails the analysis of …
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Accounting for Multiple Testing in the Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Environmental Data
A Typology of Compound Weather and Climate Events
Compound weather and climate events describe combinations of multiple climate drivers and/or hazards that contribute to societal or …
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A Typology of Compound Weather and Climate Events
Underwater Use of a Hyperspectral Camera to Estimate Optically Active Substances in the Water Column of Freshwater Lakes
Freshwater lakes provide many important ecosystem functions and services to support biodiversity and human well-being. Proximal and …
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Underwater Use of a Hyperspectral Camera to Estimate Optically Active Substances in the Water Column of Freshwater Lakes
Summarizing the State of the Terrestrial Biosphere in Few Dimensions
Abstract. In times of global change, we must closely monitor the state of the planet in order to understand the full complexity of …
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Summarizing the State of the Terrestrial Biosphere in Few Dimensions
Robustness of Visible Near-infrared and Mid-infrared Spectroscopic Models to Changes in the Quantity and Quality of Crop Residues in Soil
Abstract The robustness of soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) content prediction accuracy by visible near-infrared …
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Hierarchical Classification with Subsequent Aggregation of Heathland Habitats Using an Intra-Annual RapidEye Time-Series
Mapping heathland habitats is generally challenging due to fine-scale habitats as well as spectral ambiguities between different …
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Hierarchical Classification with Subsequent Aggregation of Heathland Habitats Using an Intra-Annual RapidEye Time-Series
Explanation of the Onset of Bouncing Cycles in Isotropic Rotor Dynamics; a Grazing Bifurcation Analysis
The dynamics associated with bouncing-type partial contact cycles are considered for a 2 degree-of-freedom unbalanced rotor in the …
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Data for Wetlandscapes and Their Changes around the World
Abstract. Geography and associated hydrological, hydroclimate and land-use conditions and their changes determine the states and …
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Monitoring Plant Functional Diversity Using the Reflectance and Echo from Space
Plant functional diversity (FD) is an important component of biodiversity. Evidence shows that FD strongly determines ecosystem …
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Introducing APiC for Regionalised Land Cover Mapping on the National Scale Using Sentinel-2A Imagery
Overcoming the obstacle of frequent cloud coverage in optical remote sensing data is essential for monitoring dynamic land surface …
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Drivers of Forest Loss in a Megadiverse Hotspot on the Pacific Coast of Colombia
Tropical forests are disappearing at unprecedented rates, but the drivers behind this transformation are not always clear. This limits …
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Detection of Xylella Fastidiosa Infection Symptoms with Airborne Multispectral and Thermal Imagery: Assessing Bandset Reduction Performance from Hyperspectral Analysis
Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) is a harmful plant pathogenic bacterium, able to infect over 500 plant species worldwide. Successful …
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Detection of Xylella Fastidiosa Infection Symptoms with Airborne Multispectral and Thermal Imagery: Assessing Bandset Reduction Performance from Hyperspectral Analysis
Detecting Change in Forest Structure with Simulated GEDI Lidar Waveforms: A Case Study of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA; Adelges Tsugae) Infestation
The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA; Adelges tsugae) is an invasive insect infestation that is spreading into the forests of the …
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Vegetation Modulates the Impact of Climate Extremes on Gross Primary Production
Abstract. Drought and heat events affect the uptake and sequestration of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems. Factors such as the …
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Learning Ordinary Differential Equations from Remote Sensing Data
<p>Modeling and understanding the Earth system is of paramount relevance. Modeling the complex interactions among variables in …
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Discriminating Treed and Non-Treed Wetlands in Boreal Ecosystems Using Time Series Sentinel-1 Data
Wetlands are recognized for their importance to a range of ecosystem goods and services; however, detailed information on wetland …
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Comprehensive Analysis of Alternative Downscaled Soil Moisture Products
Recent advances in L-band passive microwave remote sensing provide an unprecedented opportunity to monitor soil moisture at 40km …
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Capturing the Influence of ENSO on Land Surface Variables for Tropical South America
<p>The response of tropical vegetation to El Ni&#241;o Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is considered a main driver of global …
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Assessing the Impact of an Invasive Bryophyte on Plant Species Richness Using High Resolution Imaging Spectroscopy
Remote sensing is commonly used to map the presence of invasive alien plant species across large areas. However, remote sensing also …
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A Pan-African High-Resolution Drought Index Dataset
Abstract. Droughts in Africa cause severe problems, such as crop failure, food shortages, famine, epidemics and even mass migration. To …
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A Pan-African High-Resolution Drought Index Dataset
Towards a Global Understanding of Vegetation--Climate Dynamics at Multiple Timescales
Abstract. Climate variables carry signatures of variability at multiple timescales. How these modes of variability are reflected in the …
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Estimating Causal Networks in Biosphere--Atmosphere Interaction with the PCMCI Approach
Abstract. The dynamics of biochemical processes in terrestrial ecosystems are tightly coupled to local meteorological conditions. …
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Earth System Data Cubes Unravel Global Multivariate Dynamics
Abstract. Understanding Earth system dynamics in light of ongoing human intervention and dependency remains a major scientific …
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Earth System Data Cubes Unravel Global Multivariate Dynamics
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-based Mapping of Turf-banked Solifluction Lobe Movement and Its Relation to Material, Geomorphometric, Thermal and Vegetation Properties
Abstract Solifluction is one of the most widespread periglacial processes with low annual movement rates in the range of — millimeters …
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-based Mapping of Turf-banked Solifluction Lobe Movement and Its Relation to Material, Geomorphometric, Thermal and Vegetation Properties
TRY Plant Trait Database -- Enhanced Coverage and Open Access
Abstract Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine …
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Barneche, Zdravko Baruch, Denis Bastianelli, John Battles, William Bauerle, Marijn Bauters, Erika Bazzato, Michael Beckmann, Hans Beeckman, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Renee Bekker, Gavin Belfry, Michael Belluau, Mirela Beloiu, Raquel Benavides, Lahcen Benomar, Mary Lee Berdugo-Lattke, Erika Berenguer, Rodrigo Bergamin, Joana Bergmann, Marcos Bergmann Carlucci, Logan Berner, Markus Bernhardt-Römermann, Christof Bigler, Anne D. Bjorkman, Chris Blackman, Carolina Blanco, Benjamin Blonder, Dana Blumenthal, Kelly T. Bocanegra-González, Pascal Boeckx, Stephanie Bohlman, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Laura Boisvert-Marsh, William Bond, Ben Bond-Lamberty, Arnoud Boom, Coline C. F. Boonman, Kauane Bordin, Elizabeth H. Boughton, Vanessa Boukili, David M. J. S. Bowman, Sandra Bravo, Marco Richard Brendel, Martin R. Broadley, Kerry A. Brown, Helge Bruelheide, Federico Brumnich, Hans Henrik Bruun, David Bruy, Serra W. Buchanan, Solveig Franziska Bucher, Nina Buchmann, Robert Buitenwerf, Daniel E. Bunker, Jana Bürger, Sabina Burrascano, David F. R. P. Burslem, Bradley J. Butterfield, Chaeho Byun, Marcia Marques, Marina C. Scalon, Marco Caccianiga, Marc Cadotte, Maxime Cailleret, James Camac, Jesús Julio Camarero, Courtney Campany, Giandiego Campetella, Juan Antonio Campos, Laura Cano-Arboleda, Roberto Canullo, Michele Carbognani, Fabio Carvalho, Fernando Casanoves, Bastien Castagneyrol, Jane A. Catford, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Bruno E. L. Cerabolini, Marco Cervellini, Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal, Kenneth Chapin, F. Stuart Chapin, Stefano Chelli, Si-Chong Chen, Anping Chen, Paolo Cherubini, Francesco Chianucci, Brendan Choat, Kyong-Sook Chung, Milan Chytrý, Daniela Ciccarelli, Lluís Coll, Courtney G. Collins, Luisa Conti, David Coomes, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, William K. Cornwell, Piermaria Corona, Marie Coyea, Joseph Craine, Dylan Craven, Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt, Anikó Csecserits, Katarina Cufar, Matthias Cuntz, Ana Carolina Da Silva, Kyla M. Dahlin, Matteo Dainese, Igor Dalke, Michele Dalle Fratte, Anh Tuan Dang-Le, Jirí Danihelka, Masako Dannoura, Samantha Dawson, Arend Jacobus De Beer, Angel De Frutos, Jonathan R. De Long, Benjamin Dechant, Sylvain Delagrange, Nicolas Delpierre, Géraldine Derroire, Arildo S. Dias, Milton Hugo Diaz-Toribio, Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos, Mark Dobrowolski, Daniel Doktor, Pavel Dřevojan, Ning Dong, John Dransfield, Stefan Dressler, Leandro Duarte, Emilie Ducouret, Stefan Dullinger, Walter Durka, Remko Duursma, Olga Dymova, Anna E-Vojtkó, Rolf Lutz Eckstein, Hamid Ejtehadi, James Elser, Thaise Emilio, Kristine Engemann, Mohammad Bagher Erfanian, Alexandra Erfmeier, Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert, Gerd Esser, Marc Estiarte, Tomas F. Domingues, William F. Fagan, Jaime Fagúndez, Daniel S. Falster, Ying Fan, Jingyun Fang, Emmanuele Farris, Fatih Fazlioglu, Yanhao Feng, Fernando Fernandez-Mendez, Carlotta Ferrara, Joice Ferreira, Alessandra Fidelis, Bryan Finegan, Jennifer Firn, Timothy J. Flowers, Dan F. B. Flynn, Veronika Fontana, Estelle Forey, Cristiane Forgiarini, Louis François, Marcelo Frangipani, Dorothea Frank, Cedric Frenette-Dussault, Grégoire T. Freschet, Ellen L. Fry, Nikolaos M. Fyllas, Guilherme G. Mazzochini, Sophie Gachet, Rachael Gallagher, Gislene Ganade, Francesca Ganga, Pablo García-Palacios, Verónica Gargaglione, Eric Garnier, Jose Luis Garrido, André Luísńd Gea-Izquierdo, Guillermo De Gasper, David Gibson, Andrew N. Gillison, Aelton Giroldo, Mary-Claire Glasenhardt, Sean Gleason, Mariana Gliesch, Emma Goldberg, Bastian Göldel, Erika Gonzalez-Akre, Jose L. Gonzalez-Andujar, Andrés González-Melo, Ana González-Robles, Bente Jessen Graae, Elena Granda, Sarah Graves, Walton A. Green, Thomas Gregor, Nicolas Gross, Greg R. Guerin, Angela Günther, Alvaro G. Gutiérrez, Lillie Haddock, Anna Haines, Jefferson Hall, Alain Hambuckers, Wenxuan Han, Sandy P. Harrison, Wesley Hattingh, Joseph E. 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Khalil, Nicole L. Kinlock, Wilm Daniel Kissling, Kaoru Kitajima, Thomas Kitzberger, Rasmus Kjøller, Tamir Klein, Michael Kleyer, Jitka Klimešová, Joice Klipel, Brian Kloeppel, Stefan Klotz, Johannes M. H. Knops, Takashi Kohyama, Fumito Koike, Johannes Kollmann, Benjamin Komac, Kimberly Komatsu, Christian König, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Koen Kramer, Holger Kreft, Ingolf Kühn, Dushan Kumarathunge, Jonas Kuppler, Hiroko Kurokawa, Yoko Kurosawa, Shem Kuyah, Jean-Paul Laclau, Benoit Lafleur, Erik Lallai, Eric Lamb, Andrea Lamprecht, Daniel J. Larkin, Daniel Laughlin, Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Guerric Le Maire, Peter C. Le Roux, Elizabeth Le Roux, Tali Lee, Frederic Lens, Simon L. Lewis, Barbara Lhotsky, Yuanzhi Li, Xine Li, Jeremy W. Lichstein, Mario Liebergesell, Jun Ying Lim, Yan-Shih Lin, Juan Carlos Linares, Chunjiang Liu, Daijun Liu, Udayangani Liu, Stuart Livingstone, Joan Llusià, Madelon Lohbeck, Álv Aro López-García, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Zdeňka Lososová, Frédérique Louault, Balázs A. Lukács, Petr Lukeš, Yunjian Luo, Michele Lussu, Siyan Ma, Camilla Maciel Rabelo Pereira, Michelle Mack, Vincent Maire, Annikki Mäkelä, Harri Mäkinen, Ana Claudia Mendes Malhado, Azim Mallik, Peter Manning, Stefano Manzoni, Zuleica Marchetti, Luca Marchino, Vinicius Marcilio-Silva, Eric Marcon, Michela Marignani, Lars Markesteijn, Adam Martin, Cristina Martínez-Garza, Jordi Martínez-Válta, Tereza Mašková, Kelly Mason, Norman Mason, Tara Joy Massad, Jacynthe Masse, Itay Mayrose, James McCarthy, M. Luke McCormack, Katherine McCulloh, Ian R. McFadden, Brian J. McGill, Mara Y. McPartland, Juliana S. Medeiros, Belinda Medlyn, Pierre Meerts, Zia Mehrabi, Patrick Meir, Felipe P. L. 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Study of Spatiotemporal Variations of Summer Land Surface Temperature in Kyiv, Ukraine Using Landsat Time Series
The aim of this study was to investigate long-term changes in the summer thermal regime of surface for the city of Kyiv (Ukraine) using …
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Satellite-Based Operational Real-Time Drought Monitoring in the Transboundary Lancang--Mekong River Basin
Existing gauging networks are sparse and not readily available in real-time over the transboundary Lancang–Mekong River (LMR) …
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Predicting Forest Cover in Distinct Ecosystems: The Potential of Multi-Source Sentinel-1 and -2 Data Fusion
The fusion of microwave and optical data sets is expected to provide great potential for the derivation of forest cover around the …
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Macroecology as a Hub between Research Disciplines: Opportunities, Challenges and Possible Ways Forward
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Limited Evidence for Spatial Resource Partitioning across Temperate Grassland Biodiversity Experiments
Abstract Locally, plant species richness supports many ecosystem functions. Yet, the mechanisms driving these often-positive …
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Influences of Leaf Area Index and Albedo on Estimating Energy Fluxes with HOLAPS Framework
The High resOlution Land Atmosphere surface Parameters from Space (HOLAPS) programme provides a modeling system to maximize the use of …
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Impacts of Public and Private Sector Policies on Soybean and Pasture Expansion in Mato Grosso—Brazil from 2001 to 2017
Demand for agricultural exports in Brazil has stimulated the expansion of crop production and cattle raising, which has caused …
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Data Challenges Limit Our Global Understanding of Humanitarian Disasters Triggered by Climate Extremes
Compared to other natural disasters, climate-related extremes like droughts and heat waves have the largest impacts on human well-being …
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Remotely Sensed Estimation of Vegetation Shifts in the Polar and Alpine Tree-Line Ecotone in Finnish Lapland during the Last Three Decades
Global warming is predicted to affect ecosystems, particularly in high-latitude regions where polar amplification accelerates …
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In Situ and Laboratory Soil Spectroscopy with Portable Visible-to-near-Infrared and Mid-Infrared Instruments for the Assessment of Organic Carbon in Soils
Mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy has been established as a rapid and cost-efficient laboratory analysis technique for soil organic …
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How Canopy Shadow Affects Invasive Plant Species Classification in High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing
Abstract Plant invasions can result in serious threats for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Reliable maps at very-high spatial …
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Combining Multiband Remote Sensing and Hierarchical Distance Sampling to Establish Drivers of Bird Abundance
Information on habitat preferences is critical for the successful conservation of endangered species. For many species, especially …
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Combining Multiband Remote Sensing and Hierarchical Distance Sampling to Establish Drivers of Bird Abundance
Angiospermic Plant Dispersal Profile of India—a Maiden Analysis
Plant–disperser relationship is a mutual approach that regulates the species composition and habitat diversity. Here, we unfold the …
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Strategies for the Efficient Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon at the Field Scale with Vis-NIR Spectroscopy: Spectral Libraries and Spiking vs. Local Calibrations
Soil spectroscopy in the visible-to-near-infrared (vis-NIR) range is a cost-effective alternative analysis technique to determine soil …
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Mapping of Arthropod Alpha and Beta Diversity in Heterogeneous Arctic-Alpine Ecosystems
Assessing biodiversity in arctic-alpine ecosystems is a costly task. We test in the current study whether we can map the spatial …
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Inferring Plant Functional Diversity from Space: The Potential of Sentinel-2
Plant functional diversity (FD) is an important component of biodiversity that characterizes the variability of functional traits …
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Hydroclimatic Extremes and Climate Change
The range of variability present in the Earth’s climate presents a series of challenges to water managers and policy-makers. Much …
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Convolutional Neural Networks Enable Efficient, Accurate and Fine-Grained Segmentation of Plant Species and Communities from High-Resolution UAV Imagery
Abstract Recent technological advances in remote sensing sensors and platforms, such as high-resolution satellite imagers or unmanned …
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Convolutional Neural Networks Enable Efficient, Accurate and Fine-Grained Segmentation of Plant Species and Communities from High-Resolution UAV Imagery
Streamflow Response to Climate Change in the Greater Horn of Africa
Abstract The Greater Horn of Africa region increasingly experiences high risk of water scarcity. A combination of frequent droughts, …
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Remote Sensing of Coastal Vegetation: Dealing with High Species Turnover by Mapping Multiple Floristic Gradients
Abstract Aims Mapping gradual transitions in plant species composition via a combination of ordination and regression from remote …
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Recent Changes in County-Level Maize Production in the United States: Spatial-temporal Patterns, Climatic Drivers and the Implications for Crop Modelling
Despite the fact that it is the total crop production that shapes future food supply rather than one of its single component, previous …
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Linking Remote Sensing and Geodiversity and Their Traits Relevant to Biodiversity—Part I: Soil Characteristics
In the face of rapid global change it is imperative to preserve geodiversity for the overall conservation of biodiversity. Geodiversity …
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Detailed Agricultural Land Classification in the Brazilian Cerrado Based on Phenological Information from Dense Satellite Image Time Series
The paradox between environmental conservation and economic development is a challenge for Brazil, where there is a complex and dynamic …
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Using Aboveground Vegetation Attributes as Proxies for Mapping Peatland Belowground Carbon Stocks
Peatlands are key reservoirs of belowground carbon (C) and their monitoring is important to assess the rapid changes in the C cycle …
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Extreme Anomaly Event Detection in Biosphere Using Linear Regression and a Spatiotemporal MRF Model
Detecting abnormal events within time series is crucial for analyzing and understanding the dynamics of the system in many research …
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Advantages of Retrieving Pigment Content [Mg/Cm2] versus Concentration [%] from Canopy Reflectance
Photosynthesis is essential for life on earth as it, inter alia, influences the composition of the atmosphere and is the driving …
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Advantages of Retrieving Pigment Content [Mg/Cm2] versus Concentration [%] from Canopy Reflectance
Accuracy of Estimating Soil Properties with Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy: Implications of Different Chemometric Approaches and Software Packages Related to Calibration Sample Size
Core Ideas Selection of spectral regions was included in MIR predictions of soil properties. The R software outperformed a commercial …
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Wind Turbines in High Quality Habitat Cause Disproportionate Increases in Collision Mortality of the White-Tailed Eagle
The increasing number of wind farms for energy production raises concerns about their effects on wildlife and particularly on birds. To …
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Phosphorus Fractions and Speciation in Rural and Urban Calcareous Soils in the Semiarid Region of Sulaimani City, Kurdistan, Iraq
The phosphorus (P) status of soils depends, among other influencing factors such as soil properties, on P content and availability. …
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Can We Use Satellite-Based FAPAR to Detect Drought?
Drought in Australia has widespread impacts on agriculture and ecosystems. Satellite-based Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically …
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Understanding the Indian Mainland--Island Biogeography through Plant Dispersal Mechanism
The plant–disperser relationship and its key predictors in Indian tropical archipelagos are understudied. East of the Indian mainland …
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The Role of Hazard and Vulnerability in Modulating Economic Damages of Inland Floods in the United States Using a Survey-Based Dataset
This study investigates the trends in economic damages caused by three types of inland floods (flash flood, flood, and heavy rain) in …
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Effects of Livestock Grazing on Soil, Plant Functional Diversity, and Ecological Traits Vary between Regions with Different Climates in Northeastern Iran
Abstract Understanding the responses of vegetation characteristics and soil properties to grazing in different precipitation regimes is …
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Copula-Based Abrupt Variations Detection in the Relationship of Seasonal Vegetation-Climate in the Jing River Basin, China
Understanding the changing relationships between vegetation coverage and precipitation/temperature (P/T) and then exploring their …
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An Adaptable Approach for Pixel-Based Compositing and Crop Type/Tree Species Mapping
We present a novel approach for detailed crop type and tree species classification exploiting high spatio-temporal resolution …
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UAV Data as Alternative to Field Sampling to Map Woody Invasive Species Based on Combined Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Data
Invasive plant species can pose major threats to biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and services. Satellite based remote sensing has …
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UAV Data as Alternative to Field Sampling to Map Woody Invasive Species Based on Combined Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Data
Proximal VIS-NIR Spectrometry to Retrieve Substance Concentrations in Surface Waters Using Partial Least Squares Modelling
Abstract Many water quality parameters such as concentrations of suspended matter, nutrients and algae directly or indirectly change …
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Long-Term Surface Temperature (LoST) Database as a Complement for GCM Preindustrial Simulations
Abstract. Estimates of climate sensitivity from general circulation model (GCM) simulations still present a large spread despite the …
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Inferring Causation from Time Series in Earth System Sciences
Abstract The heart of the scientific enterprise is a rational effort to understand the causes behind the phenomena we observe. In …
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A Multisensoral Approach for High-Resolution Land Cover and Pasture Degradation Mapping in the Humid Tropics: A Case Study of the Fragmented Landscape of Rio de Janeiro
Pasture degradation is of increasing global concern as it enforces erosion processes and impacts the carbon storage capacities of the …
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Quantum Finite-Time Availability
The availability of a thermodynamic system with respect to an environment is the maximum work, which can be gained from bringing it …
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Facade Segmentation from Oblique UAV Imagery
Building semantic segmentation is a crucial task for building information modeling (BIM). Current research generally exploits …
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Ensemble Identification of Spectral Bands Related to Soil Organic Carbon Levels over an Agricultural Field in Southern Ontario, Canada
The recent use of hyperspectral remote sensing imagery has introduced new opportunities for soil organic carbon (SOC) assessment and …
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Downscaling SMAP Soil Moisture Estimation with Gradient Boosting Decision Tree Regression over the Tibetan Plateau
The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite can no longer directly deliver high-resolution (9 km) soil moisture products with the …
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Current Status of Landsat Program, Science, and Applications
Formal planning and development of what became the first Landsat satellite commenced over 50 years ago in 1967. Now, having collected …
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A Landsat-based Vegetation Trend Product of the Tibetan Plateau for the Time-Period 1990--2018
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau is a unique, biodiverse ecosystem with an important role in the climate and hydrological system of Asia. …
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A Landsat-based Vegetation Trend Product of the Tibetan Plateau for the Time-Period 1990--2018
The Impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on Hydrological Extremes
Extreme climate events such as severe droughts and floods have become more frequent and widespread in the 21st Century. Recent studies …
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The Current Indian Epidemic of Superficial Dermatophytosis Due to emphTrichophytonemph Mentagrophytes —A Molecular Study
Summary The disease burden of chronic-relapsing and therapy-refractory superficial dermatophytosis dramatically increased in India …
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Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence III: Benchmarking Retrieval Methods and Sensor Characteristics for Proximal Sensing
The interest of the scientific community on the remote observation of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) has increased in the …
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Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence II: Review of Passive Measurement Setups, Protocols, and Their Application at the Leaf to Canopy Level
Imaging and non-imaging spectroscopy employed in the field and from aircraft is frequently used to assess biochemical, structural, and …
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Radiative Transfer Modelling Reveals Why Canopy Reflectance Follows Function
Abstract Optical remote sensing is potentially highly informative to track Earth’s plant functional diversity. Yet, causal …
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Radiative Transfer Modelling Reveals Why Canopy Reflectance Follows Function
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Fine Root Lignin Content Is Well Predictable with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
Abstract 1. Root lignin is a key driver of root decomposition, which in turn is a fundamental component of the terrestrial carbon cycle …
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Characterization of Air and Ground Temperature Relationships within the CMIP5 Historical and Future Climate Simulations
Abstract The relationships between air and ground surface temperatures across North America are examined in the historical and future …
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Analysis of Floodplain Dynamics in the Atrato River Colombia Using SAR Interferometry
Floodplain water flows have large volumetric flowrates and high complexity in space and time that are difficult to understand using …
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Multiple Plant Diversity Components Drive Consumer Communities across Ecosystems
Abstract Humans modify ecosystems and biodiversity worldwide, with negative consequences for ecosystem functioning. Promoting plant …
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Mapping Woody Plant Community Turnover with Space-borne Hyperspectral Data -- a Case Study in the Cerrado
Abstract Effective conservation measures require the knowledge on the spatial patterns of species communities and their turnover. This …
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Gradients in Urban Material Composition: A New Concept to Map Cities with Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Data
To understand processes in urban environments, such as urban energy fluxes or surface temperature patterns, it is important to map …
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Evaluation of 3B42V7 and IMERG Daily-Precipitation Products for a Very High-Precipitation Region in Northwestern South America
The availability of water is critical in determining the distribution of species by favoring or limiting their development, and leading …
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Differentiating Plant Functional Types Using Reflectance: Which Traits Make the Difference?
Abstract Abiotic ecosystem properties together with plant species interaction create differences in structural and physiological traits …
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Chlorophyll Content Estimation in an Open-Canopy Conifer Forest with Sentinel-2A and Hyperspectral Imagery in the Context of Forest Decline
With the advent of Sentinel-2, it is now possible to generate large-scale chlorophyll content maps with unprecedented spatial and …
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A Set of Satellite-Based Near Real-Time Meteorological Drought Monitoring Data over China
A high-resolution and near real-time drought monitoring dataset has not been made readily available in drought-prone China, except for …
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Time-Frequency Causal Inference Uncovers Anomalous Events in Environmental Systems
Causal inference in dynamical systems is a challenge for different research areas. So far it is mostly about understanding to what …
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The Influence of Asymmetric Electrodes on the Non-Planar Dynamics of a Parametrically Excited Nonlinear Microbeam
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Terrestrial Laser Scanning Reveals Temporal Changes in Biodiversity Mechanisms Driving Grassland Productivity
Biodiversity often enhances ecosystem functioning likely due to multiple, often temporarily separated drivers. Yet, most studies are …
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RPAS Products Assessment and Their Application in Sugarcane Crops
The main objective of sugarcane research in the geographic valley of the Cauca River in Colombia is to improve sugarcane production in …
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Predicting Landscapes from Environmental Conditions Using Generative Networks
Landscapes are meaningful ecological units that strongly depend on the environmental conditions. Such dependencies between landscapes …
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Motivation Enhancement in mHealth via Gamification
The lack of therapy compliance (adherence) is an already well-studied phenomenon in the health sector. It is known that numerous …
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Modified Baum Welch Algorithm for Hidden Markov Models with Known Structure
Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) are widely used in speech and handwriting recognition, behavior prediction in traffic, time series …
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Modified Baum Welch Algorithm for Hidden Markov Models with Known Structure
Improving Models of Species Ecological Niches: A Remote Sensing Overview
Effective conservation capable of mitigating global biodiversity declines require thorough knowledge on species distributions and their …
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Broad-Scale Rather than Fine-Scale Environmental Variation Drives Body Size in a Wandering Predator (Araneae, Lycosidae)
Body size is one of the most important individual traits, determining various other life-history traits, including fitness. Both …
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Linking Photosynthesis and Sun-Induced Fluorescence at Sub-Daily to Seasonal Scales
Due to its close link to the photosynthetic process, sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (F) opens new possibilities to study dynamics …
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Landsat Phenological Metrics and Their Relation to Aboveground Carbon in the Brazilian Savanna
The quantification and spatially explicit mapping of carbon stocks in terrestrial ecosystems is important to better understand the …
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Characterizing 32 Years of Shrub Cover Dynamics in Southern Portugal Using Annual Landsat Composites and Machine Learning Regression Modeling
The Landsat archive presents a unique source for mapping and monitoring of shrublands. Still, efficient and accurate mapping approaches …
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Seasonal Change of Leaf and Woody Area Profiles in a Midlatitude Deciduous Forest Canopy from Classified Dual-Wavelength Terrestrial Lidar Point Clouds
This study demonstrates the retrieval of separate vertical height profiles of leaf and woody areas in both leaf-off and leaf-on seasons …
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Quality Assessment of Terrestrial Laser Scanner Ecosystem Observations Using Pulse Trajectories
Considering the trajectories of pulses from terrestrial laser scanners (TLS) can provide refined models of occlusion and improve the …
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Preliminary Assessment of 20-m Surface Albedo Retrievals from Sentinel-2A Surface Reflectance and MODIS/VIIRS Surface Anisotropy Measures
Satellite-based retrievals of land surface albedo at 20-m resolution are generated by coupling the surface reflectances from the …
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Improved Neural Control of Movements Manifests in Expertise-Related Differences in Force Output and Brain Network Dynamics
It is well-established that expertise developed through continuous and deliberate practice has the potential to delay age-related …
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Global Trait--Environment Relationships of Plant Communities
Plant functional traits directly affect ecosystem functions. At the species level, trait combinations depend on trade-offs representing …
Helge Bruelheide, Jürgen Dengler, Oliver Purschke, Jonathan Lenoir, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, Stephan M. Hennekens, Zoltán Botta-Dukát, Milan Chytrý, Richard Field, Florian Jansen, Jens Kattge, Valério D. Pillar, Franziska Schrodt, Miguel D. Mahecha, Robert K. Peet, Brody Sandel, Peter Van Bodegom, Jan Altman, Esteban Alvarez-Dávila, Mohammed A. S. Arfin Khan, Fabio Attorre, Isabelle Aubin, Christopher Baraloto, Jorcely G. Barroso, Marijn Bauters, Erwin Bergmeier, Idoia Biurrun, Anne D. Bjorkman, Benjamin Blonder, Andraž Čarni, Luis Cayuela, Tomáš Černý, J. Hans C. Cornelissen, Dylan Craven, Matteo Dainese, Géraldine Derroire, Michele De Sanctis, Sandra Díaz, Jiří Doležal, William Farfan-Rios, Ted R. Feldpausch, Nicole J. Fenton, Eric Garnier, Greg R. Guerin, Alvaro G. Gutiérrez, Sylvia Haider, Tarek Hattab, Greg Henry, Bruno Hérault, Pedro Higuchi, Norbert Hölzel, Jürgen Homeier, Anke Jentsch, Norbert Jürgens, Zygmunt Kącki, Dirk N. Karger, Michael Kessler, Michael Kleyer, Ilona Knollová, Andrey Y. Korolyuk, Ingolf Kühn, Daniel C. Laughlin, Frederic Lens, Jacqueline Loos, Frédérique Louault, Mariyana I. Lyubenova, Yadvinder Malhi, Corrado Marcenò, Maurizio Mencuccini, Jonas v. Müller, Jérôme Munzinger, Isla H. Myers-Smith, David A. Neill, Ülo Niinemets, Kate H. Orwin, Wim A. Ozinga, Josep Penuelas, Aaron Pérez-Haase, Petr Petřík, Oliver L. Phillips, Meelis Pärtel, Peter B. Reich, Christine Römermann, Arthur v. Rodrigues, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Jordi Sardans, Marco Schmidt, Gunnar Seidler, Javier Eduardo Silva Espejo, Marcos Silveira, Anita Smyth, Maria Sporbert, Jens-Christian Svenning, Zhiyao Tang, Raquel Thomas, Ioannis Tsiripidis, Kiril Vassilev, Cyrille Violle, Risto Virtanen, Evan Weiher, Erik Welk, Karsten Wesche, Marten Winter, Christian Wirth, Ute Jandt
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When Tree Rings Go Global: Challenges and Opportunities for Retro- and Prospective Insight
The demand for large-scale and long-term information on tree growth is increasing rapidly as environmental change research strives to …
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Use of Different Chemometric Approaches for an Estimation of Soil Properties at Field Scale with near Infrared Spectroscopy
Abstract Visible and near infrared spectroscopy (vis-NIRS) may be useful for an estimation of soil properties in arable fields, but the …
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Contrasting Biosphere Responses to Hydrometeorological Extremes: Revisiting the 2010 Western Russian Heatwave
Abstract. Combined droughts and heatwaves are among those compound extreme events that induce severe impacts on the terrestrial …
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Breeze Effects at a Large Artificial Lake: Summer Case Study
Abstract. Natural lakes and big artificial reservoirs can affect the weather regime of surrounding areas but, usually, consideration of …
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A National Assessment of Wetland Status and Trends for Canada's Forested Ecosystems Using 33 Years of Earth Observation Satellite Data
Wetlands are important globally for supplying clean water and unique habitat, and for storing vast amounts of carbon and nutrients. The …
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Surface Soil Moisture Retrieval Using Optical/Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing Data
Classifying the land surface according to different climate zones is often a prerequisite for global diagnostic or predictive modelling …
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PILOT STUDY ON THE RETRIEVAL OF DBH AND DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION OF DECIDUOUS FOREST STANDS USING CAST SHADOWS IN UAV-BASED ORTHOMOSAICS
Abstract. One fundamental metric to characterize trees and forest stands is the diameter at breast height (DBH). However, the vertical …
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Drought, Heat, and the Carbon Cycle: A Review
Purpose of the ReviewWeather and climate extremes substantially affect global- and regional-scale carbon (C) cycling, and thus …
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Age- and Expertise-Related Differences of Sensorimotor Network Dynamics during Force Control
Age-related deterioration of force control is evident on behavioral and neural levels. Extensive and deliberate practice can decrease …
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Understanding and Assessing Vegetation Health by in Situ Species and Remote-sensing Approaches
Abstract Human activities exert stress on and create disturbances to ecosystems, decreasing their diversity, resilience and ultimately …
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Recent Changes in the Occurrences and Damages of Floods and Droughts in the United States
In this study, we compile and analyse 136,920 records of flood and 50,967 records of drought from a survey-based database to …
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Measuring B-diversity by Remote Sensing: A Challenge for Biodiversity Monitoring
Abstract Biodiversity includes multiscalar and multitemporal structures and processes, with different levels of functional …
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From Sample to Pixel: Multi-scale Remote Sensing Data for Upscaling Aboveground Carbon Data in Heterogeneous Landscapes
Abstract In times of rapid global change, ecosystem monitoring is of utmost importance. Combined field and remote sensing data enable …
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Erratum: Xie, Y.Y.; et al. GRACE-Based Terrestrial Water Storage in Northwest China: Changes and Causes. Remote Sens. 2018, 10, 1163
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Egg Size versus Egg Number Trade-off in the Alpine-Tundra Wolf Spider, Pardosa Palustris (Araneae: Lycosidae)
The effect of environmental conditions on reproductive traits in spiders is not completely understood. We studied the trade-off between …
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Breeding Bird Species Diversity across Gradients of Land Use from Forest to Agriculture in Europe
Loss, fragmentation and decreasing quality of habitats have been proposed as major threats to biodiversity world-wide, but relatively …
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Analyzing Remotely Sensed Structural and Chemical Canopy Traits of a Forest Invaded by Prunus Serotina over Multiple Spatial Scales
Non-native invasive plant species can influence ecosystem functioning over broad spatial scales, but most research on ecosystem impacts …
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Upscaled Diurnal Cycles of Land--Atmosphere Fluxes: A New Global Half-Hourly Data Product
Abstract. Interactions between the biosphere and the atmosphere can be well characterized by fluxes between the two. In particular, …
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SMOS Vegetation Optical Depth and Ecosystem Functional Properties: Exploring Their Relationships in Tropical Forests
Data from the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission were exploited to explore its potential in providing ecosystem …
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Predicting Landscapes as Seen from Space from Environmental Conditions
Satellite images are information rich snapshots of ecosystems and landscapes. In consequence, the features in the images strongly …
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Modelling Landsurface Time-Series with Recurrent Neural Nets
Machine learning tools and semi-empirical models have been very successful in describing and predicting instantaneous climatic …
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Mapping Paddy Rice Area and Yields Over Thai Binh Province in Viet Nam From MODIS, Landsat, and ALOS-2/PALSAR-2
This study uses multiple satellite datasets to map paddy rice areas and yields for the Thai Binh Province, Viet Nam, over the summer …
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GRACE-Based Terrestrial Water Storage in Northwest China: Changes and Causes
Monitoring variations in terrestrial water storage (TWS) is of great significance for the management of water resources. However, it …
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Transferability of Species Distribution Models for the Detection of an Invasive Alien Bryophyte Using Imaging Spectroscopy Data
Remote sensing is a promising tool for detecting invasive alien plant species. Mapping and monitoring those species requires accurate …
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Satellite Remote Sensing of Ecosystem Functions: Opportunities, Challenges and Way Forward
Abstract Societal, economic and scientific interests in knowing where biodiversity is, how it is faring and what can be done to …
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Previsual Symptoms of Xylella Fastidiosa Infection Revealed in Spectral Plant-Trait Alterations
Plant pathogens cause significant losses to agricultural yields and increasingly threaten food security 1, ecosystem integrity and …
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LiDAR Derived Forest Structure Data Improves Predictions of Canopy N and P Concentrations from Imaging Spectroscopy
Imaging spectroscopy is a powerful tool for mapping chemical leaf traits at the canopy level. However, covariance with structural …
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Identificación de Áreas Quemadas Mediante El Análisis de Series de Tiempo En El Ámbito de Computación En La Nube
$<$p$>$There are large omission errors in the estimation of burned area in map products that are generated at a global scale. …
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Combination of Satellite Imagery with Meteorological Data for Estimating Reference Evapotranspiration
$<$p$>$The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in its publication No. 56 of the Irrigation and Drainage …
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A High-Performance and in-Season Classification System of Field-Level Crop Types Using Time-Series Landsat Data and a Machine Learning Approach
Accurate and timely spatial classification of crop types based on remote sensing data is important for both scientific and practical …
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Are Remotely Sensed Traits Suitable for Ecological Analysis? A Case Study of Long-Term Drought Effects on Leaf Mass per Area of Wetland Vegetation
Plant and community traits provide valuable insights in ecosystem functioning. Yet, such traits are costly to sample. Existing trait …
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Are Remotely Sensed Traits Suitable for Ecological Analysis? A Case Study of Long-Term Drought Effects on Leaf Mass per Area of Wetland Vegetation
The Potential to Characterize Ecological Data with Terrestrial Laser Scanning in Harvard Forest, MA
Contemporary terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is being used widely in forest ecology applications to examine ecosystem properties at …
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On the Utilization of Novel Spectral Laser Scanning for Three-Dimensional Classification of Vegetation Elements
The Dual-Wavelength Echidna Lidar (DWEL), a full waveform terrestrial laser scanner (TLS), has been used to scan a variety of forested …
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An Image Transform Based on Temporal Decomposition
Today, very dense synthetic aperture radar (SAR) time series are available through the framework of the European Copernicus Programme. …
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The DIARS Toolbox: A Spatially Explicit Approach to Monitor Alien Plant Invasions through Remote Sensing
The synergies between remote sensing technologies and ecological research have opened new avenues for the study of alien plant …
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Impacts of Droughts and Extreme-Temperature Events on Gross Primary Production and Ecosystem Respiration: A Systematic Assessment across Ecosystems and Climate Zones
Abstract. Extreme climatic events, such as droughts and heat stress, induce anomalies in ecosystem–atmosphere CO2 fluxes, such as …
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Comparison of Portable and Bench-Top Spectrometers for Mid-Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Measurements of Soils
Mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy has received widespread interest as a method to complement traditional soil analysis. Recently …
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Cloud Removal in High Resolution Multispectral Satellite Imagery: Comparing Three Approaches
Clouds and cloud-shadow are a persistent problem in all optical satellite imagery. Plenty of methods have been suggested in the …
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Remotely Sensed Spatial Heterogeneity as an Exploratory Tool for Taxonomic and Functional Diversity Study
Assessing biodiversity from field-based data is difficult for a number of practical reasons: (i) establishing the total number of …
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Mapping Plant Functional Groups in Subalpine Grassland of the Greater Caucasus
Plant functional groupsin our case grass, herbs, and legumes-and their spatial distribution can provide information on key ecosystem …
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Classifying Ecosystems with Metaproperties from Terrestrial Laser Scanner Data
Abstract In this study, we introduce metaproperty analysis of terrestrial laser scanner ( TLS ) data, and demonstrate its application …
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USO DE UNA CÁMARA MULTIESPECTRAL PARA LA DISCRIMINACIÓN ENTRE TRATAMIENTOS DE NITRÓGENO EN CAÑA DE AZÚCAR
The estimation of nutritional elements has great importance in the management of a crop, which allows improving the fertilization …
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Fractional Cover Mapping of Spruce and Pine at 1 Ha Resolution Combining Very High and Medium Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery
Increases in extreme weather events associated with climate change have the potential to put currently healthy forests at risk. One …
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Early Detection of Vitality Changes of Multi-Temporal Norway Spruce Laboratory Needle Measurements—The Ring-Barking Experiment
The focus of this analysis is on the early detection of forest health changes, specifically that of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. …
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dimRed and coRanking - Unifying Dimensionality Reduction in R
“Dimensionality reduction” (DR) is a widely used approach to find low dimensional and interpretable representations of data that are …
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The Relationship between the Madden-Julian Oscillation and the Land Surface Soil Moisture
The impact of the Madden– Julian oscillation (MJO) on the global land surface soil moisture was explored in the study. The MJO index …
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Relationship Between Field-Based Plant Species Richness and Satellite-Derived Biophysical Proxies in the Western Ghats, India
Remote sensing offers fast and reliable technique to map the variation in plant diversity and distribution at different scales. Using …
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Radiometric Correction of Simultaneously Acquired Landsat-7/Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2A Imagery Using Pseudoinvariant Areas (PIA): Contributing to the Landsat Time Series Legacy
The use of Pseudoinvariant Areas (PIA) makes it possible to carry out a reasonably robust and automatic radiometric correction for long …
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Quality-Assured Long-term Satellite-based Leaf Area Index Product
Numerous global satellite-based leaf area index (LAI) products have been generated and widely used for a number of applications such as …
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Estimating Stand Density, Biomass and Tree Species from Very High Resolution Stereo-Imagery -- towards an All-in-One Sensor for Forestry Applications?
The estimation of various forest inventory attributes from high spatial resolution airborne remote sensing data has been widely …
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Anomalías de Vegetación Asociadas Con El Fenómeno Del ENOS En El Valle Geográfico Del Ró Cauca, Colombia
$<$p$>$The main factors affecting the production and yield of sugarcane are variety, agronomic management, soil type and climate, …
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A Synthesis of Tree Functional Traits Related to Drought-induced Mortality in Forests across Climatic Zones
Summary Forest dieback caused by drought-induced tree mortality has been observed world-wide. Forecasting which trees in which …
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Evaluation of the VIIRS BRDF, Albedo and NBAR Products Suite and an Assessment of Continuity with the Long Term MODIS Record
Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) model parameters, Albedo quantities, and Nadir BRDF Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR) …
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Responses of Winter Wheat Yields to Warming-Mediated Vernalization Variations Across Temperate Europe
Rapid climate warming, with much higher warming rates in winter and spring, could affect the vernalization fulfillment, a critical …
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Quantification of Soil Properties with Hyperspectral Data: Selecting Spectral Variables with Different Methods to Improve Accuracies and Analyze Prediction Mechanisms
We explored the potentials of both non-imaging laboratory and airborne imaging spectroscopy to assess arable soil quality indicators. …
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Monitoring Ecological Change during Rapid Socio-Economic and Political Transitions: Colombian Ecosystems in the Post-Conflict Era
After more than 50-years of armed conflict, Colombia is now transitioning to a more stable social and political climate due to a series …
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Reverse Engineering Model Structures for Soil and Ecosystem Respiration: The Potential of Gene Expression Programming
Abstract. Accurate model representation of land–atmosphere carbon fluxes is essential for climate projections. However, the exact …
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Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Determination of Soil Organic C, Microbial Biomass C and C and N Fractions in a Heterogeneous Sample of German Arable Surface Soils
Visual and near-infrared spectroscopy (vis-NIRS) is an established method to estimate soil properties. However, only limited …
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Detecting Impacts of Extreme Events with Ecological in Situ Monitoring Networks
Abstract. Extreme hydrometeorological conditions typically impact ecophysiological processes on land. Satellite-based observations of …
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Validating MODIS and Sentinel-2 NDVI Products at a Temperate Deciduous Forest Site Using Two Independent Ground-Based Sensors
Quantifying the accuracy of remote sensing products is a timely endeavor given the rapid increase in Earth observation missions. A …
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Reviews and Syntheses: An Empirical Spatiotemporal Description of the Global Surface--Atmosphere Carbon Fluxes: Opportunities and Data Limitations
Abstract. Understanding the global carbon (C) cycle is of crucial importance to map current and future climate dynamics relative to …
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Parametric Excitation of a Microbeam-String With Asymmetric Electrodes: Multimode Dynamics and the Effect of Nonlinear Damping
The dynamic motion of a parametrically excited microbeam-string affected by nonlinear damping is considered asymptotically and …
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Multivariate Anomaly Detection for Earth Observations: A Comparison of Algorithms and Feature Extraction Techniques
Abstract. Today, many processes at the Earth’s surface are constantly monitored by multiple data streams. These observations have …
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Estimation of Land Surface Temperature Using FengYun-2E (FY-2E) Data: A Case Study of the Source Area of the Yellow River
Land surface temperature (LST) is a key variable used for studies of water cycles and energy budgets of land-atmosphere interfaces. …
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Ecosystem Functioning Is Enveloped by Hydrometeorological Variability
Terrestrial ecosystem processes, and the associated vegetation carbon dynamics, respond differently to hydrometeorological variability …
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Recent Advances in Soil Moisture Estimation from Remote Sensing
Monitoring soil moisture dynamics from local to global scales is essential for a wide range of applications. The field of remote …
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Modelling Biomass of Mountainous Grasslands by Including a Species Composition Map
High mountain grasslands offer multiple goods and services to society but are severely threatened by improper land use practices such …
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Linking Plant Strategies and Plant Traits Derived by Radiative Transfer Modelling
Abstract Question Do spatial gradients of plant strategies correspond to patterns of plant traits obtained from a physically based …
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Estimation of Photosynthesis Traits from Leaf Reflectance Spectra: Correlation to Nitrogen Content as the Dominant Mechanism
Numerous studies have investigated reflectance-based estimations of physico-chemical leaf traits such as the contents of light …
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Contrasting and Interacting Changes in Simulated Spring and Summer Carbon Cycle Extremes in European Ecosystems
Climate extremes have the potential to cause extreme responses of terrestrial ecosystem functioning. However, it is neither …
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A Unified Framework to Model the Potential and Realized Distributions of Invasive Species within the Invaded Range
Abstract Aim To propose a species distribution modelling framework and its companion `` iSDM ’’ R package for predicting …
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The ESA's Earth Observation Open Science Program [Space Agencies]
The world of Earth observation (EO) data is rapidly changing, driven by exponential advances in sensor and digital technologies. Recent …
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Plants, Microorganisms, and Soil Temperatures Contribute to a Decrease in Methane Fluxes on a Drained Arctic Floodplain
Abstract As surface temperatures are expected to rise in the future, ice-rich permafrost may thaw, altering soil topography and …
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Integrating Remotely Sensed Fires for Predicting Deforestation for REDD+
Abstract Fire is an important tool in tropical forest management, as it alters forest composition, structure, and the carbon budget. …
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Identification of Wetland Areas in the Context of Agricultural Development Using Remote Sensing and GIS
El presente estudio tiene como fin determinar el potencial de humedales a nivel de pixel en la llanura de inundación del Río León, se …
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Evaluation of the Global MODIS 30 Arc-Second Spatially and Temporally Complete Snow-Free Land Surface Albedo and Reflectance Anisotropy Dataset
Land surface albedo is an essential variable for surface energy and climate modeling as it describes the proportion of incident solar …
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Detecting the Spread of Invasive Species in Central Chile with a Sentinel-2 Time-Series
The presented work evaluates the potential of a Sentinel-2 time-series to detect Pinus radiata (Monterey Pine) invasions in endemic …
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A Review of Spatial Downscaling of Satellite Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture
Abstract Satellite remote sensing technology has been widely used to estimate surface soil moisture. Numerous efforts have been devoted …
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Refining Multi-Model Projections of Temperature Extremes by Evaluation against Land--Atmosphere Coupling Diagnostics
Abstract. The Earth’s land surface and the atmosphere are strongly interlinked through the exchange of energy and matter. This …
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Expansion of the Lyme Disease Vector emphIxodes Scapularis in Canada Inferred from CMIP5 Climate Projections
Background: A number of studies have assessed possible climate change impacts on the Lyme disease vector, Ixodes scapularis. However, …
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AntarcticaLC2000: The New Antarctic Land Cover Database for the Year 2000
Antarctica plays a key role in global energy balance and sea level change. It has been conventionally viewed as a whole ice body with …
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Optimising Phenological Metrics Extraction for Different Crop Types in Germany Using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS)
Phenological metrics extracted from satellite data (phenometrics) have been increasingly used to access timely, spatially explicit …
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Optical Trait Indicators for Remote Sensing of Plant Species Composition: Predictive Power and Seasonal Variability
Most plant species feature similar biochemical compositions and thus similar spectral signals. Still, empirical evidence suggests that …
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Invasion by the Alien Tree Prunus Serotina Alters Ecosystem Functions in a Temperate Deciduous Forest
Alien invasive species can affect large areas, often with wide-ranging impacts on ecosystem structure, function, and services. Prunus …
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Estimation Accuracies of near Infrared Spectroscopy for General Soil Properties and Enzyme Activities for Two Forest Sites along Three Transects
Visible and near infrared spectroscopy (vis-NIRS) is an established method for estimating the contents of soil organic carbon (SOC) and …
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The Influence of Imperfections on the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of a Parametrically Excited Nonlinear Viscoelastic Micro-Beam-String
A parametrically excited visco-elastic micro-beam-string in an asymmetric dual gap configuration is considered asymptotically and …
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Stand Age and Species Richness Dampen Interannual Variation of Ecosystem-Level Photosynthetic Capacity
The total uptake of carbon dioxide by ecosystems via photosynthesis (gross primary productivity, GPP) is the largest flux in the global …
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Sgdm: An R Package for Performing Sparse Generalized Dissimilarity Modelling with Tools for Gdm
Global biodiversity change creates a need for standardized monitoring methods. Modelling and mapping spatial patterns of community …
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Referencing GOFC-GOLD (2017) a Sourcebook of Methods and Procedures for Monitoring Essential Biodiversity Variables in Tropical Forests with Remote Sensing. Eds: GOFC-GOLD; GEO BON. Report Version UNCBD COP-13, GOFC-GOLD Land Cover Core Editorial Tea
Authors In addition to the core editors, a number of international experts in remote sensing, and biodiversity field measurement have …
Mike Gill, Geo Bon, Polar, Knowledge Canada, Rob Jongman, Maria P Adamo, Liana O Anderson, Herizo Andrianandrasana, Pedro De Araujo, Lima Constantino, Dusti Becker, Andrea Berardi, Palma Blonda, Richard Bodmer, Stephanie a Bohlman, Søren Brofeldt, Robert G H Bunce, Kim Calders, Trevor Caughlin, Rene Colditz, Mark Chandler, Guangsheng Chen, Jenny Cousins, Theresa M Crimmins, María Isabel Cruz López, Finn Danielsen, Ben Devries, Lina Estupinan-Suarez, Deqin Fan, Jean-Baptiste Féret, Miguel a Fernandez, Ana Paula Giorgi, Scott Goetz, Sarah J Graves, Matthew C Hansen, Kate S He, Uta Heiden, Mark Huxham, Daniel J Hayes, Patrick Jantz, Nan Jiang, Rob H G Jongman, H Andrew Lassiter, Olga León, Alison Leslie, Jed Long, Richard Lucas, Sandra Luque, Ronald E McRoberts, Jayalaxshmi Mistry, Brice Mora, Ghislain Moussavou, Sander Mucher, Nagendra Harini, Mark Nelson, Madhura Niphadkar, Pontus Olofsson, Marc Paganini, Zisis I Petrou, Michael K Poulsen, Arun Pratihast, Johannes Reiche, Sami W Rifai, Duccio Rocchini, Christophe Sannier, Carlos E Sarmiento Pinzón, Roger Sayre, Linda See, Andrew Skidmore, Zoltan Szantoi, Cristina Tarantino, Ida Theilade, Thrity Vakil, Peter Vogt, Benjamin E Wilkinson, John N Williams, Haigen Xu, Wenquan Zhu
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Plant Dispersal Profile of Indian Tropical Sub-Continent on the Basis of Species Commonality
Common species provide a basis to study plant species dispersal among any two landmasses. However, its utility and advantage to derive …
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Performance of One-Class Classifiers for Invasive Species Mapping Using Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy
Most remote sensing approaches for mapping invasive plant species focus on species in a prominent phenological stage, such as during …
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Non-Smooth Hopf-Type and Grazing Bifurcations Arising from Impact/Friction Contact Events
A new discontinuity-induced bifurcation, referred to as nonsmooth Hopf-type bifurcation, observed in a nonautonomous impacting hybrid …
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Mapping an Invasive Bryophyte Species Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data
Reliable distribution maps are crucial for the management of invasive plant species. An alternative to traditional field surveys is the …
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Improved Tree-Ring Archives Will Support Earth-System Science
A steep decline in archiving could make large tree-ring datasets irrelevant. But increased spatiotemporal coverage, the addition of …
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Have Precipitation Extremes and Annual Totals Been Increasing in the World's Dry Regions over the Last 60 Years?
Abstract. Daily precipitation extremes and annual totals have increased in large parts of the global land area over the past decades. …
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Forest Management Impacts on Capercaillie (Tetrao Urogallus) Habitat Distribution and Connectivity in the Carpathians
Context Distribution and connectivity of suitable habitat for species of conservation concern is critical for effective conservation …
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Evaluation of a NIR Camera for Monitoring Yield and Nitrogen Effect in Sugarcane
The main objective of the research carried out in the sugar productive sector in Colombia is to improve crop productivity of sugarcane. …
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Evaluación del estado de crecimiento de la vegetación por medio de imágenes de radar y ópticas
The state of vegetation growth plays an important role in the ability of all biological as- pects of a region to remain diverse and …
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Evaluación de índices de vegetación para la estimación de elementos nutricionales en cultivos de caña de azúcar usando RPAS
The research carried out in the Colombia’s sugarcane agroindustrial sector by the Sugarcane Research Center of Colombia – …
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Estimación de Productividad En Caña de Aź̧ar Desde La Percepcí́Remota Estimation of Sugarcane Yield from Remote Sensing
The estimation of sugarcane yield with remote sensing can be done through information collected by sensors on satellites, aircrafts and …
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Analysis of Temporal Statistics and Long Term Climate Observations for Deriving the Predisposition of Forests to Stress Events
Forest ecosystems are affected by stress induced changes in various ways. Environmental factors that affect trees negatively can be …
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Observing Ecosystems with Lightweight, Rapid-scanning Terrestrial Lidar Scanners
A new wave of terrestrial lidar scanners, optimized for rapid scanning and portability, such as the Compact Biomass Lidar (CBL), enable …
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A Second Horizon Scan of Biogeography: Golden Ages, Midas Touches, and the Red Queen
Are we entering a new ‘Golden Age’ of biogeography, with continued development of infrastructure and ideas? We highlight …
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Simulation of Forest Tree Species' Bud Burst Dates for Different Climate Scenarios: Chilling Requirements and Photo-Period May Limit Bud Burst Advancement
This study investigates whether the assumed increase of winter and spring temperatures is depicted by phenological models in …
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Linking Earth Observation and Taxonomic, Structural and Functional Biodiversity: Local to Ecosystem Perspectives
Impacts of human civilization on ecosystems threaten global biodiversity. In a changing environment, traditional in situ approaches to …
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The Use of Airborne Hyperspectral Data for Tree Species Classification in a Species-Rich Central European Forest Area
The success of remote sensing approaches to assess tree species diversity in a heterogeneously mixed forest stand depends on the …
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Potential and Limitations of Inferring Ecosystem Photosynthetic Capacity from Leaf Functional Traits
Abstract The aim of this study was to systematically analyze the potential and limitations of using plant functional trait observations …
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Mapping Raised Bogs with an Iterative One-Class Classification Approach
Land use and land cover maps are one of the most commonly used remote sensing products. In many applications the user only requires a …
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Mapping Brazilian Savanna Vegetation Gradients with Landsat Time Series
Global change has tremendous impacts on savanna systems around the world. Processes related to climate change or agricultural expansion …
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Diagnosing the Dynamics of Observed and Simulated Ecosystem Gross Primary Productivity with Time Causal Information Theory Quantifiers
Data analysis and model-data comparisons in the environmental sciences require diagnostic measures that quantify time series dynamics …
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Airborne Based Spectroscopy of Red and Far-Red Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence: Implications for Improved Estimates of Gross Primary Productivity
Remote sensing (RS) approaches commonly applied to constrain estimates of gross primary production (GPP) employ greenness-based …
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Quantification of Soil Variables in a Heterogeneous Soil Region With VIS--NIR--SWIR Data Using Different Statistical Sampling and Modeling Strategies
Estimation accuracies obtained for soil properties from spectroradiometer data markedly depend on the individual sample set. The choice …
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Mapping Pollination Types with Remote Sensing
Abstract Questions Pollination is an ecosystem function that varies at local spatial scales. Remote sensing may help to quantify and …
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Robust Change Vector Analysis (RCVA) for Multi-Sensor Very High Resolution Optical Satellite Data
The analysis of rapid land cover/land use changes by means of remote sensing is often based on data acquired under varying and …
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Comparison of Satellite-Based Evapotranspiration Estimates over the TibetanPlateau
Abstract. The Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays a major role in regional and global climate. The understanding of latent heat (LE) flux can …
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High-Resolution Land Surface Fluxes from Satellite and Reanalysis Data (HOLAPS v1.0): Evaluation and Uncertainty Assessment
Abstract. Surface water and energy fluxes are essential components of the Earth system. Surface latent heat fluxes provide major energy …
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Using Variable Selection and Wavelets to Exploit the Full Potential of Visible--Near Infrared Spectra for Predicting Soil Properties
In soil spectroscopy a series of strategies exists to optimise multivariate calibrations. We explore this issue with a set of topsoil …
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Downscaling Land Surface Temperatures at Regional Scales with Random Forest Regression
Environmental monitoring with satellite data is facilitated by frequent observations at a fine spatial scale. As land surface …
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Landscape Makers and Landscape Takers: Links between Farming Systems and Landscape Patterns along an Intensification Gradient
Context Agricultural intensification is a leading cause of landscape homogenization, with negative consequences for biodiversity and …
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First Assessment of Continental Energy Storage in CMIP5 Simulations
Abstract Although much of the energy gained by the climate system over the last century has been stored in the oceans, continental …
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Separating Reflectance Signatures of Shrub Species -- a Case Study in the Central Greater Caucasus
Abstract Questions Shrub encroachment has been observed in many alpine and arctic environments and is expected to significantly alter …
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Pitfalls in the Use of Middle-Infrared Spectroscopy: Representativeness and Ranking Criteria for the Estimation of Soil Properties
Middle-infrared spectroscopy (MIRS) is an established method for estimating the contents of soil organic carbon (SOC) and total soil …
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Radiometric Calibration of a Dual-Wavelength, Full-Waveform Terrestrial Lidar
Radiometric calibration of the Dual-Wavelength Echidna® Lidar (DWEL), a full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner with two …
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Estimating Vegetation Cover from High-Resolution Satellite Data to Assess Grassland Degradation in the Georgian Caucasus
In the Georgian Caucasus, unregulated grazing has damaged grassland vegetation cover and caused erosion. Methods for monitoring and …
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A Novel Bias Correction Methodology for Climate Impact Simulations
Abstract. Understanding, quantifying and attributing the impacts of extreme weather and climate events in the terrestrial biosphere is …
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The Ring-Barking Experiment: Analysis of Forest Vitality Using Multi-Temporal Hyperspectral Data
Through new operational optical spaceborne sensors (EnMAP and Sentinel-2) the impact analysis of climate change on forest ecosystems …
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The Global Spectrum of Plant Form and Function
Earth is home to a remarkable diversity of plant forms and life histories, yet comparatively few essential trait combinations have …
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Spatial Downscaling of Satellite Soil Moisture Data Using a Vegetation Temperature Condition Index
Microwave remote sensing has been largely applied to retrieve soil moisture (SM) from active and passive sensors. The obvious advantage …
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MODELO DE AFORO DE CAÑA DE AZÚCAR A PARTIR DE MODELOS DIGITALES DE ALTURA E ÍNDICES DE VEGETACIÓN
The improvement of the sugarcane yield in the geographic valley of the Cauca river in Colombia is the main goal of numerous experiments …
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LEVANTAMIENTO DE INFORMACIÓN TOPOGRÁFICA MEDIANTE VEHÍCULOS AÉREOS NO TRIPULADOS EN UN ENFOQUE DE AGRICULTURA DE PRECISIÓN
The Acquisition of topographic information is necessary in several fields of civil and cartography Engineering, as well as its …
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Laboratory for Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBV) Concepts -- the ``Data Pool Initiative for the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem''
Forest ecosystems respond very sensitively to climate and atmospheric changes. Feedback mechanisms can be measured via changes in …
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Land Cover Mapping of a Tropical Region by Integrating Multi-Year Data into an Annual Time Series
Generating annual land cover maps in the tropics based on optical data is challenging because of the large amount of invalid …
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Evaluation of Soil Moisture Downscaling Using a Simple Thermal-Based Proxy -- the REMEDHUS Network (Spain) Example
Abstract. Soil moisture retrieved from satellite microwave remote sensing normally has spatial resolution on the order of tens of …
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Capabilities and Performance of Dual-Wavelength Echidna textsuperscript® Lidar
We describe the capabilities and performance of a terrestrial laser scanning instrument built for the purpose of recording and …
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BHPMF -- a Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to Gap-filling and Trait Prediction for Macroecology and Functional Biogeography
Abstract Aim Functional traits of organisms are key to understanding and predicting biodiversity and ecological change, which motivates …
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Quantifying Changes in Climate Variability and Extremes: Pitfalls and Their Overcoming
Abstract Hot temperature extremes have increased substantially in frequency and magnitude over past decades. A widely used approach to …
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Mapping Seasonal European Bison Habitat in the Caucasus Mountains to Identify Potential Reintroduction Sites
In an increasingly human-dominatedworld, conservation requires themitigation ofconflicts between largemammals and people. Conflicts are …
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Evaluation of Satellite and Reanalysis Soil Moisture Products over Southwest China Using Ground-Based Measurements
Long-term global satellite and reanalysis soil moisture products have been available for several years. In this study, in situ soil …
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Ecosystem Responses to Climate Extremes
Extreme drought or wet conditions have now been found to strongly influence the vegetative development of ecosystems. Semi-arid regions …
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Soil Fauna through the Landscape Window: Factors Shaping Surface-and Soil-Dwelling Communities across Spatial Scales in Cork-Oak Mosaics
Context The role of ecological processes governing community structure are dependent on the spatial distances among local communities …
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Monitoring Natural Ecosystem and Ecological Gradients: Perspectives with EnMAP
In times of global environmental change, the sustainability of human–environment systems is only possible through a better …
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Evaluating Forest Management Intensity on an Umbrella Species: Capercaillie Persistence in Central Europe
Deforestation and fragmentation of forests worldwide are negatively impacting biodiversity. The capercaillie (Tetra urogallus) is an …
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Effect of Spatial Sampling from European Flux Towers for Estimating Carbon and Water Fluxes with Artificial Neural Networks
Abstract Empirical modeling approaches are frequently used to upscale local eddy covariance observations of carbon, water, and energy …
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Use of A Portable Camera for Proximal Soil Sensing with Hyperspectral Image Data
In soil proximal sensing with visible and near-infrared spectroscopy, the currently available hyperspectral snapshot camera technique …
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The EnMAP-Box—A Toolbox and Application Programming Interface for EnMAP Data Processing
The EnMAP-Box is a toolbox that is developed for the processing and analysis of data acquired by the German spaceborne imaging …
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Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Predicts Non-structural Carbohydrate Concentrations in Different Tissue Types of a Broad Range of Tree Species
Summary The allocation of non-structural carbohydrates ( NSC s) to reserves constitutes an important physiological mechanism associated …
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Using Class Probabilities to Map Gradual Transitions in Shrub Vegetation from Simulated EnMAP Data
Monitoring natural ecosystems and ecosystem transitions is crucial for a better understanding of land change processes. By providing …
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Elevational Variation of Reproductive Traits in Five emphPardosa (Lycosidae) Species
Differentiations in reproductive traits along climatic gradients can be substantial for a species to spread along a wide spatial range. …
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Effects of Climate Extremes on the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle: Concepts, Processes and Potential Future Impacts
Abstract Extreme droughts, heat waves, frosts, precipitation, wind storms and other climate extremes may impact the structure, …
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Waveform Lidar over Vegetation: An Evaluation of Inversion Methods for Estimating Return Energy
Full waveform lidar has a unique capability to characterise vegetation in more detail than any other practical method. The reflectance, …
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Usefulness of Middle Infrared Spectroscopy for an Estimation of Chemical and Biological Soil Properties -- Underlying Principles and Comparison of Different Software Packages
Middle infrared (MIR) spectroscopy (MIRS) has been used to characterize soil chemical and biological properties and to date, the …
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The EnMAP Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Mission for Earth Observation
Imaging spectroscopy, also known as hyperspectral remote sensing, is based on the characterization of Earth surface materials and …
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Ranking Drivers of Global Carbon and Energy Fluxes over Land
The accurate estimation of carbon and heat fluxes at global scale is paramount for future policy decisions in the context of global …
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Multi-Method Ensemble Selection of Spectral Bands Related to Leaf Biochemistry
Multi-method ensembles are generally believed to return more reliable results than the application of one method alone. Here, we test …
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Mapping Beta Diversity from Space: Sparse Generalised Dissimilarity Modelling (SGDM) for Analysing High-dimensional Data
Summary Spatial patterns of community composition turnover (beta diversity) may be mapped through generalised dissimilarity modelling ( …
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Quantum Finite Time Availability for Parametric Oscillators
Abstract The availability of a thermodynamic system out of equilibrium with its environment describes its ability to perform work in a …
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A Hybrid Method for Evaluating Absorbed Solar Energy at the Surface Level Using Remote Sensing Data
A new method to evaluate the solar energy absorbed by the surface using remote sensing data and the method of basic spectra is …
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Surface Resistance Calibration for a Hydrological Model Using Evapotranspiration Retrieved from Remote Sensing Data in Nahe Catchment Forest Area
Abstract. In this paper, a method combining graphical and statistical techniques is proposed for surface resistance calibration in a …
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Building a Hybrid Land Cover Map with Crowdsourcing and Geographically Weighted Regression
Land cover is of fundamental importance to many environmental applications and serves as critical baseline information for many large …
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Finding Leaves in the Forest: The Dual-Wavelength Echidna Lidar
The dual-wavelength Echidna lidar is a portable ground-based full-waveform terrestrial scanning lidar for characterization of …
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Mapping Forest Biomass from Space -- Fusion of Hyperspectral EO1-hyperion Data and Tandem-X and WorldView-2 Canopy Height Models
Spaceborne sensors allow for wide-scale assessments of forest ecosystems. Combining the products ofmultiple sensors is hypothesized to …
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Joint Use of ICESat/GLAS and Landsat Data in Land Cover Classification: A Case Study in Henan Province, China
Lidar waveform features from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite/Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (ICESat/GLAS) and spectral …
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MODTRAN5 Simulations of Responses from MODIS Spectroradiometer Channels
We report on the results of computer simulation of data from channels 1–7 (0.46–2.1 μm) of the MODIS/Terra spectroradiometer obtained …
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Modeling Forest Biomass Using Very-High-Resolution Data—Combining Textural, Spectral and Photogrammetric Predictors Derived from Spaceborne Stereo Images
We used spectral, textural and photogrammetric information from very-high resolution (VHR) stereo satellite data (Pléiades and …
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Mapping Land Cover in Complex Mediterranean Landscapes Using Landsat: Improved Classification Accuracies from Integrating Multi-Seasonal and Synthetic Imagery
Low-intensity farming systems are ofgreat importance for biodiversity in Europe, but they are often affected by soil degradation or …
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Influence of Physiological Phenology on the Seasonal Pattern of Ecosystem Respiration in Deciduous Forests
Abstract Understanding the environmental and biotic drivers of respiration at the ecosystem level is a prerequisite to further improve …
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Erstellung von Fichten- Und Kiefernanteilskarten Auf Basis von Satellitendaten Für Bayern
Der fortschreitende Klimawandel erhöht das Gefährdungspotenzial von Wäldern zunehmend. Eine forstwirtschaftliche Nutzung von Wäldern …
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Coincidences of Climate Extremes and Anomalous Vegetation Responses: Comparing Tree Ring Patterns to Simulated Productivity
Abstract. Climate extremes can trigger exceptional responses in terrestrial ecosystems, for instance by altering growth or mortality …
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Snapshot Hyperspectral Imaging for Soil Diagnostics -- Results of a Case Study in the Spectral Laboratory
Field reflectance spectroscopy has been widely used in proximal soil sensing. Results of spectroscopic approaches depend, inter alia, …
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Remote Sensing of Scattered Natura 2000 Habitats Using a One-Class Classifier
Mapping of habitats with relevance for nature conservation involves the identification of patches of target habitats in a complex …
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Extraction of Plant Physiological Status from Hyperspectral Signatures Using Machine Learning Methods
The machine learning method, random forest (RF), is applied in order to derive biophysical and structural vegetation parameters from …
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Carbon Cycle Extremes during the 21st Century in CMIP5 Models: Future Evolution and Attribution to Climatic Drivers
Abstract Climate extremes such as droughts and heat waves affect terrestrial ecosystems and may alter local carbon budgets. However, it …
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Non-Smooth Hopf-type Bifurcations Arising from Impact--Friction Contact Events in Rotating Machinery
We analyse the novel dynamics arising in a nonlinear rotor dynamic system by investigating the discontinuity-induced bifurcations …
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The Use of Full Range Spectroradiometer Data to Assess Properties of a Heterogeneous Soil Set in a Regional Scale Survey
The spectral assessment of soil properties is handicapped by the fact that spectral predictive mechanisms often vary from one …
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Mapping the Local Variability of Natura 2000 Habitats with Remote Sensing
Abstract Questions Can we map both discrete Natura 2000 habitat types and their floristic variability using multispectral remote …
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Snow Cover Determines the Ecology and Biogeography of Spiders (Araneae) in Alpine Tundra Ecosystems
This study addresses the spatial distribution of spiders (Araneae) in relation to their environment along multiple ecological and …
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Linking Plant and Ecosystem Functional Biogeography
Significance This article defines ecosystem functional properties, which can be derived from long-term observations of gas and energy …
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Automatic Single Tree Detection in Plantations Using UAV-based Photogrammetric Point Clouds
Abstract. For reasons of documentation, management and certification there is a high interest in efficient inventories of palm …
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Harmonized European Long-Term Climate Data for Assessing the Effect of Changing Temporal Variability on Land--Atmosphere CO textsubscript2 Fluxes
Temporal variability of meteorological variables and extreme weather events is projected to increase in many regions of the world …
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Determination of Soil Properties with Visible to Near- and Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy: Effects of Spectral Variable Selection
Spectral variable selection is an important step in spectroscopic data analysis, as it tends to parsimonious data representation and …
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Assessment of Land Use Factors Associated with Dengue Cases in Malaysia Using Boosted Regression Trees
The transmission of dengue disease is influenced by complex interactions among vector, host and virus. Land use such as water bodies or …
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Impact of Large-scale Climate Extremes on Biospheric Carbon Fluxes: An Intercomparison Based on MsTMIP Data
Abstract Understanding the role of climate extremes and their impact on the carbon (C) cycle is increasingly a focus of Earth system …
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Extreme Events in Gross Primary Production: A Characterization across Continents
Abstract. Climate extremes can affect the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, for instance via a reduction of the photosynthetic …
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Evaluation of Daytime Evaporative Fraction from MODIS TOA Radiances Using FLUXNET Observations
In recent decades, the land surface temperature/vegetation index (LST/NDVI) feature space has been widely used to estimate actual …
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Climate-Mediated Spatiotemporal Variability in Terrestrial Productivity across Europe
Abstract. Quantifying the interannual variability (IAV) of the terrestrial ecosystem productivity and its sensitivity to climate is …
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A Mathematical Model for Predicting Lane Changes Using the Steering Wheel Angle
Positive safety effects of advanced driver assistance systems can only become effective if drivers accept and use these systems. Early …
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A Mathematical Model for Predicting Lane Changes Using the Steering Wheel Angle
Potential Impacts of Oil and Gas Development and Climate Change on Migratory Reindeer Calving Grounds across the Russian Arctic
Abstract Aim Drivers of biodiversity loss are increasingly broad in scale, requiring conservation planning to move towards range-wide …
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Estimating Fractional Shrub Cover Using Simulated EnMAP Data: A Comparison of Three Machine Learning Regression Techniques
Anthropogenic interventions in natural and semi-natural ecosystems often lead to substantial changes in their functioning and may …
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Drivers of Forest Harvesting Intensity Patterns in Europe
Forests provide humankind with essential raw materials and the demand for these materials is increasing. Further expanding forestry …
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Discrimination and Characterization of Management Systems in Semi-Arid Rangelands of South Africa Using RapidEye Time Series
In South African grasslands, rangeland management is strongly related to land tenure. Communal farms are reported to exhibit less …
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A Few Extreme Events Dominate Global Interannual Variability in Gross Primary Production
Understanding the impacts of climate extremes on the carbon cycle is important for quantifying the carbon-cycle climate feedback and …
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Import Vector Machines for Quantitative Analysis of Hyperspectral Data
In this letter we explore probabilities derived from an import vector machines (IVM) classifier as quantitative measures of class …
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An Extended Approach for Spatiotemporal Gapfilling: Dealing with Large and Systematic Gaps in Geoscientific Datasets
Abstract. Spatiotemporal observations in Earth System sciences are often affected by numerous and/or systematically distributed gaps. …
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Segmentation of Forest to Tree Objects
This chapter reviews the use of airborne LiDAR data for the segmentation of forest to tree objects. The benefit obtained by LiDAR data …
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Remote Sensing of Vegetation for Nature Conservation
A rapidly changing environment with land use and climate as the most dynamic components causes new challenges for nature conservation …
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Potential of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Photogrammetric Point Clouds for Automatic Single Tree Detection
The measurement of geometric tree attributes is a major part of forest inventories. In practice respective attributes are mostly …
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A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Eremopoa Roschv.(Poaceae, Poeae) in Iran
A taxonomic revision of the genus Eremopoa Roschv. (Poaceae, Poeae) in Iran.-Iran. J. Bot. 20 (1): 08-15. Tehran. Based on a taxonomic …
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Modelling Species Distributions with Remote Sensing Data: Bridging Disciplinary Perspectives
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Differences between Recent and Historical Records of Upper Species Limits in the Northern European Alps
Are there differences in historical and recent upper range limits of vascular plants and are such differences more pronounced in …
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Coupling Ordination Techniques and GAM to Spatially Predict Vegetation Assemblages along a Climatic Gradient in an ENSO -Affected Region of Extremely High Climate Variability
Abstract Questions El N iño Southern Oscillation ( ENSO ) is a strong driver of climatic and ecosystem variability in coastal NW P eru. …
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Assessing Weather Effects on Dengue Disease in Malaysia
The number of dengue cases has been increasing on a global level in recent years, and particularly so in Malaysia, yet little is known …
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How Representative Are Instantaneous Evaporative Fraction Measurements of Daytime Fluxes?
Abstract. Sun-synchronous optical and thermal remote sensing is a promising technique to provide instantaneous ET (evapotranspiration) …
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Relating Canopy Reflectance to the Vegetation Composition of Mountainous Grasslands in the Greater Caucasus
Mountainous grassland landscapes increasingly experience modified management and land use, which are often triggered by socio-economic …
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Calculating Landscape Diversity with Information-Theory Based Indices: A GRASS GIS Solution
The assessment of species diversity in relatively large areas has always been a challenging task for ecologists, mainly because of the …
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Usefulness of Near-infrared Spectroscopy for the Prediction of Chemical and Biological Soil Properties in Different Long-term Experiments
Abstract The prediction accuracy of visible and near-infrared (Vis-NIR) spectroscopy for soil chemical and biological parameters has …
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UAV-BASED PHOTOGRAMMETRIC POINT CLOUDS -- TREE STEM MAPPING IN OPEN STANDS IN COMPARISON TO TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER POINT CLOUDS
Abstract. In both ecology and forestry, there is a high demand for structural information of forest stands. Forest structures, due to …
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Phenmod: Auxiliary Functions for Phenological Data Processing, Modelling and Result Handling
Provides functions for phenological data preprocessing, modelling and result handling. For more information, please refer to Lange et …
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Climate Extremes and the Carbon Cycle
The terrestrial biosphere is a key component of the global carbon cycle and its carbon balance is strongly influenced by climate. …
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Phase Difference Analysis of Temperature and Vegetation Phenology for Beech Forest: A Wavelet Approach
Temporal shifts in phenology or vegetation period of plants are seen as indicators of global warming with potentially severe impacts on …
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Uncertainties in Estimating Normalized Difference Temperature Index From TOA Radiances
The widely used surface temperature/vegetation index ( $T_s$ /normalized difference vegetation index) triangle method provides an …
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Trend Change Detection in NDVI Time Series: Effects of Inter-Annual Variability and Methodology
Changing trends in ecosystem productivity can be quantified using satellite observations of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index …
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Detection and Attribution of Large Spatiotemporal Extreme Events in Earth Observation Data
Latest climate projections suggest that both frequency and intensity of climate extremes will be substantially modified over the course …
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Comparing the Determinants of Cropland Abandonment in Albania and Romania Using Boosted Regression Trees
The collapse of socialist governance structures in Central and Eastern Europe led to the widespread abandonment of agricultural land. …
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A Land Cover Map of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Framework of the SERENA Project
Land cover maps at different resolutions and mapping extents contribute to modeling and support decision making processes. Because land …
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Spatially Explicit Regionalization of Airborne Flux Measurements Using Environmental Response Functions
Abstract. The goal of this study is to characterize the sensible (H) and latent (LE) heat exchange for different land covers in the …
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Phenex: Auxiliary Functions for Phenological Data Analysis
Provides some easy-to-use functions for spatial analyses of (plant-) phenological data sets and satellite observations of vegetation.
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Estimation of Evapotranspiration from MODIS TOA Radiances in the Poyang Lake Basin, China
Abstract. Routine and rapid estimation of ET (evapotranspiration) at regional scale is of great significance for agricultural, …
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Assessing Floristic Composition with Multispectral Sensors—A Comparison Based on Monotemporal and Multiseasonal Field Spectra
Assessing and mapping patterns of (semi-)natural vegetation types at a large spatial scale is a difficult task. The challenge increases …
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Uncertainty in Ecosystem Mapping by Remote Sensing
The classification of remotely sensed images such as aerial photographs or satellite sensor images for deriving ecosystem-related maps …
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Non-imaging optics for LED-lighting
In this report, several methods are investigated to rapidly compute the light intensity function, either in the far field or on a …
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Forest Change Assessment and Corresponding Driver Analysis in the Magdalena Department, Colombia (1985-2010)
Seit Jahrzehnten ist die alarmierende Rate der Tropenwaldverluste begleitet von empfindlichen Rückgängen der Biodiversität Gegenstand …
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Collinearity: A Review of Methods to Deal with It and a Simulation Study Evaluating Their Performance
Collinearity refers to the non independence of predictor variables, usually in a regression-type analysis. It is a common feature of …
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An Improved Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica
A revised Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) is presented, using the 1073 multi-band scenes of the original Land-sat-7 ETM+ LIMA …
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State-Dependent Errors in a Land Surface Model across Biomes Inferred from Eddy Covariance Observations on Multiple Timescales
Characterization of state-dependent model biases in land surface models can highlight model deficiencies, and provide new insights into …
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A Framework for Benchmarking Land Models
Abstract. Land models, which have been developed by the modeling community in the past few decades to predict future states of …
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A Physical Explanation of the Variation in Threshold for Delineating Terrestrial Water Surfaces from Multi-Temporal Images: Effects of Radiometric Correction
Multi-temporal satellite images are widely used to delineate objects of interest for monitoring surface changes. Threshold value(s) are …
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Mapping Wetland Changes in China between 1978 and 2008
Four wetland maps for all China have been produced, based on Landsat and CBERS-02B remote sensing data between 1978 and 2008 (1978, …
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Modeling Species Distribution Using Niche-Based Proxies Derived from Composite Bioclimatic Variables and MODIS NDVI
Vegetation mapping based on niche theory has proven useful in understanding the rules governing species assembly at various spatial …
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Mapping Plant Strategy Types Using Remote Sensing
Abstract Aims The three-strategy ( CSR ) model proposed by G rime constitutes one of the most established systems for plant functional …
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Lake Water Footprint Identification From Time-Series ICESat/GLAS Data
To provide high-quality data for time-series change detection of lake water level, an automatic and robust algorithm for lake water …
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Analyzing Floristic Inventories with Multiple Maps
Spatial observations of plant occurrences contain a wealth of information on relations among species and on the relation between …
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Population Trends in the Steppe Birds of Castro Verde in the Period 2006-2011: Consequences of a Drought Event and Land Use Changes?
Castro Verde is the main area of cereal steppes in Portugal (ca. 80000 ha), having international importance for several steppe bird …
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Evaluation of the Causes of Error in the MCD45 Burned-Area Product of the Savannas of Northern South America
Forest fires contribute to deforestation and have been considered a significant source of CO2 emissions. There are global maps that …
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Climate Classifications: The Value of Unsupervised Clustering
Classifying the land surface according to different climate zones is often a prerequisite for global diagnostic or predictive modelling …
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Accuracy Assessment of Burned Area Products in the Orinoco Basin
Appropriate assessment of the accuracy of burned area products is required to assess greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in a reliable way. …
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A Taxonomic Revision of Eremopoa Persica (Trin.) Roshev. and E. Songarica (Schrenk.) Roshev. Using Morphological Features and Cytological Data
A total of 58 accessions of Eremopoa persica and E. songarica belongigng to the family Poaceae and tribe Festuceae (Poacea) were …
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A New Methodology for Systematic Mapping of Land Covers in Latin America and Caribbean textbar Propuesta Metodológica Para La Cartograf Perií́ca de La Cobertura Del Suelo En Latinoaméća y El Caribe: Estado de Situaciónávances
This work was developed in the framework of the Latin American Network of Monitoring and Study of Natural Resources (SERENA) in …
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Earth Science Applications of ICESat/GLAS: A Review
The Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) completed 19 successful campaigns for Earth observation missions following its …
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Use of Near-infrared Spectroscopy to Distinguish Carbon and Nitrogen Originating from Char and Forest-floor Material in Soils: Usefulness of a Genetic Algorithm
Abstract Several algorithms exist for the calibration procedures of near-infrared spectra in soil-scientific studies, but the potential …
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Comparing Different Multivariate Calibration Methods for the Determination of Soil Organic Carbon Pools with Visible to near Infrared Spectroscopy
A successful determination of spectrally active soil components with visible and near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (VIS-NIRS, …
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Combining Isomap Ordination and Imaging Spectroscopy to Map Continuous Floristic Gradients in a Heterogeneous Landscape
Mapping requires a meaningful generalization of information. For vegetation maps, classification is frequently used to generalize the …
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TRY -- a Global Database of Plant Traits
Abstract Plant traits – the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants and …
J. Kattge, S. Díaz, S. Lavorel, I. C. Prentice, P. Leadley, G. Bönisch, E. Garnier, M. Westoby, P. B. Reich, I. J. Wright, J. H. C. Cornelissen, C. Violle, S. P. Harrison, P. M. Van Bodegom, M. Reichstein, B. J. Enquist, N. A. Soudzilovskaia, D. D. Ackerly, M. Anand, O. Atkin, M. Bahn, T. R. Baker, D. Baldocchi, R. Bekker, C. C. Blanco, B. Blonder, W. J. Bond, R. Bradstock, D. E. Bunker, F. Casanoves, J. Cavender-Bares, J. Q. Chambers, F. S. Chapin Iii, J. Chave, D. Coomes, W. K. Cornwell, J. M. Craine, B. H. Dobrin, L. Duarte, W. Durka, J. Elser, G. Esser, M. Estiarte, W. F. Fagan, J. Fang, F. Fernández-Méndez, A. Fidelis, B. Finegan, O. Flores, H. Ford, D. Frank, G. T. Freschet, N. M. Fyllas, R. v. Gallagher, W. A. Green, A. G. Gutierrez, T. Hickler, S. I. Higgins, J. G. Hodgson, A. Jalili, S. Jansen, C. A. Joly, A. J. Kerkhoff, D. Kirkup, K. Kitajima, M. Kleyer, S. Klotz, J. M. H. Knops, K. Kramer, I. Kühn, H. Kurokawa, D. Laughlin, T. D. Lee, M. Leishman, F. Lens, T. Lenz, S. L. Lewis, J. Lloyd, J. Llusià, F. Louault, S. Ma, Miguel D. Mahecha, P. Manning, T. Massad, B. E. Medlyn, J. Messier, A. T. Moles, S. C. Müller, K. Nadrowski, S. Naeem, Ü. Niinemets, S. Nöllert, A. Nüske, R. Ogaya, J. Oleksyn, V. G. Onipchenko, Y. Onoda, J. Ordoñez, G. Overbeck, W. A. Ozinga, S. Patiño, S. Paula, J. G. Pausas, J. Peñuelas, O. L. Phillips, V. Pillar, H. Poorter, L. Poorter, P. Poschlod, A. Prinzing, R. Proulx, A. Rammig, S. Reinsch, B. Reu, L. Sack, B. Salgado-Negret, J. Sardans, S. Shiodera, B. Shipley, A. Siefert, E. Sosinski, J.-F. Soussana, E. Swaine, N. Swenson, K. Thompson, P. Thornton, M. Waldram, E. Weiher, M. White, S. White, S. J. Wright, B. Yguel, S. Zaehle, A. E. Zanne, C. Wirth
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Sperich: Auxiliary Functions to Estimate Centers of Biodiversity
Provides some easy-to-use functions to interpolate species range based on species occurrences and to estimate centers of biodiversity.
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Determination of Total Soil Organic C and Hot Water-Extractable C from VIS-NIR Soil Reflectance with Partial Least Squares Regression and Spectral Feature Selection Techniques
The calibration of soil organic C (SOC) and hot water-extractable C (HWE-C) from visible and near-infrared soil reflectance spectra is …
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Comparison of Radiative Transfer Model Inversions to Estimate Vegetation Physiological Status Based on Hyperspectral Data
This study compares the performance of radiative transfer model inversion techniques to estimate leaf chlorophyll content (LCC) from …
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Response to Comment on ``Global Convergence in the Temperature Sensitivity of Respiration at Ecosystem Level''
We estimated the sensitivity of terrestrial ecosystem respiration to air temperature across 60 FLUXNET sites by minimizing the effect …
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On Variable Relations between Vegetation Patterns and Canopy Reflectance
Statistical relations between the species composition of plant assemblages and canopy reflectance are frequently employed in remote …
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ICESat GLAS Data for Urban Environment Monitoring
Although the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) onboard the NASA Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite was not designed for …
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Effects of Geographical Data Sampling Bias on Habitat Models of Species Distributions: A Case Study with Steppe Birds in Southern Portugal
Habitat models of species distributions provide useful information about species and biodiversity spatial patterns, which form the …
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Automated Methods for Measuring DBH and Tree Heights with a Commercial Scanning Lidar
Accurate forest structural parameters are crucial to forest inventory, and modeling of the carbon cycle and wildlife habitat. Lidar …
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Semiempirical Modeling of Abiotic and Biotic Factors Controlling Ecosystem Respiration across Eddy Covariance Sites: SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELING OF ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION
In this study we examined ecosystem respiration (RECO) data from 104 sites belonging to FLUXNET, the global network of eddy covariance …
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Long-Term Structures in Southern German Runoff Data
Hydrological discharge time series are known to depict low-frequency oscillations, long-range statistical dependencies, and pronounced …
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DSTL: Analytical Solutions for Compartmental Models of Contaminant Transport in Enclosed Spaces
Understanding the transport of hazardous airborne materials within buildings and other enclosed spaces is important for predicting and …
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A Brute-force Approach to Vegetation Classification
Aim: Introduction of a novel approach to the classification of vegetation data (species by plot matrices). This approach copes with a …
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Deciphering the Components of Regional Net Ecosystem Fluxes Following a Bottom-up Approach for the Iberian Peninsula
Abstract. Quantification of ecosystem carbon pools is a fundamental requirement for estimating carbon fluxes and for addressing the …
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Identifying Multiple Spatiotemporal Patterns: A Refined View on Terrestrial Photosynthetic Activity
Information retrieval from spatiotemporal data cubes is key to earth system sciences. Respective analyses need to consider two …
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Identification of Vegetation and Soil Carbon Pools out of Equilibrium in a Process Model via Eddy Covariance and Biometric Constraints
Abstract Assumptions of steady-state conditions in biogeochemical modelling are often invoked because knowledge on the development …
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Global Convergence in the Temperature Sensitivity of Respiration at Ecosystem Level
Carbon Cycle and Climate Change As climate change accelerates, it is important to know the likely impact of climate change on the …
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Brightness-Normalized Partial Least Squares Regression for Hyperspectral Data
Developed in the field of chemometrics, Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR) has become an established technique in vegetation …
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Quantifying Empirical Relations between Planted Species Mixtures and Canopy Reflectance with PROTEST
Mapping plant species composition of mixed vegetation stands with remote sensing is a complicated task. Uncertainties may arise from …
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China's Wetland Change (1990--2000) Determined by Remote Sensing
Two wetland maps for the entire China have been produced based on Landsat data acquired around 1990 and 2000. Wetlands in China have …
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Comparing Observations and Process-based Simulations of Biosphere-atmosphere Exchanges on Multiple Timescales
Terrestrial biosphere models are indispensable tools for analyzing the biosphere-atmosphere exchange of carbon and water. Evaluation of …
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Applying Different Inversion Techniques to Retrieve Stand Variables of Summer Barley with PROSPECT + SAIL
This study describes the retrieval of state variables (LAI, canopy chlorophyll, water and dry matter contents) for summer barley from …
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Estimating the Impact of Forest Use on Biodiversity in Protected Areas of Developing Tropical Regions
In many developing tropical regions, especially indigenous people are often deprived of their traditional land use rights due to the …
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Breeding Habitat Selection by Steppe Birds in Castro Verde: A Remote Sensing and Advanced Statistics Approach
The Castro Verde SPA is the main pseudo-steppe area in Portugal, holding populations of several threatened steppe bird species of …
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Influence of Heterogeneous Landscapes on Computed Green-up Dates Based on Daily AVHRR NDVI Observations
The main objective of the current paper is to evaluate and explain differences between computed green-up dates of vegetated land …
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Mapping Continuous Fields of Forest Alpha and Beta Diversity
Abstract Question: How to map continuous fields of forest alpha and beta diversity in remote areas, based on easily accessible spatial …
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Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of CO_2 in Relation to Climate: A Cross-Biome Analysis across Multiple Time Scales
Abstract. The net ecosystem exchange of CO2 (NEE) varies at time scales from seconds to years and longer via the response of its …
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Effects of Species and Habitat Positional Errors on the Performance and Interpretation of Species Distribution Models
Abstract Aimenspace A key assumption in species distribution modelling is that both species and environmental data layers contain no …
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Impact of Ecologically Different Earthworm Species on Soil Water Characteristics
A laboratory experiment was performed to assess the impact of ecologically different earthworm species on soil water characteristics, …
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A Spectroscopic Approach to Assess Trace--Heavy Metal Contents in Contaminated Floodplain Soils emphvia Spectrally Active Soil Components
Abstract Soil samples from grassland plots in the Hase floodplain near Osnabrück (NW Germany) were analyzed using visible and …
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Aboveground Biomass Assessment in Colombia: A Remote Sensing Approach
This paper presents a method to increase the level of detail of aboveground biomass estimates at a regional scale. Methods are based on …
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Identification of Characteristic Plant Co-Occurrences in Neotropical Secondary Montane Forests
Aims Inferring environmental conditions from characteristic patterns of plant co-occurrences can be crucial for the development of …
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Soil Heterogeneity at the Field Scale: A Challenge for Precision Crop Protection
Crop protection seldom takes into account soil heterogeneity at the field scale. Yet, variable site characteristics affect the …
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Using Evapotranspiration Estimates from Landsat TM Data to Analyse Uncertainties of a Spatially Distributed Hydrological Model (PRMS)
To assess the canopy water content of summer barley from spectroradiometer and HyMap image data, spectral indices and a canopy …
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Using Imaging and Non-Imaging Spectroradiometer Data for the Remote Detection of Vegetation Water Content
To assess the canopy water content of summer barley from spectroradiometer and HyMap image data, spectral indices and a canopy …
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Estimation of Some Chemical Properties of an Agricultural Soil by Spectroradiometric Measurements
The contents of nitrogen and organic carbon in an agricultural soil were analyzed using reflectance measurements (n = 52) performed …
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Revealing Biogeographical Patterns by Nonlinear Ordinations and Derived Anisotropic Spatial Filters
ABSTRACT Aimenspace Spatial floristic and faunistic data bases promote the investigation of biogeographical gradients in relation to …
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Validation of a Large Scale Hydrological Model with Data Fields Retrieved from Reflective and Thermal Optical Remote Sensing Data -- A Case Study for the Upper Rhine Valley
For the entire Upper Rhine Valley between Karlsruhe and Basel, a long term simulation (1985-2002) with the GWN-BW model (partly …
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Statistical Properties of Random CO2 Flux Measurement Uncertainty Inferred from Model Residuals
Information about the uncertainties associated with eddy covariance measurements of surface-atmosphere CO2 exchange is needed for data …
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Estimating Structural and Biochemical Parameters for Grassland from Spectroradiometer Data by Radiative Transfer Modelling (PROSPECT+SAIL)
As permanent grassland is a large-scale land-use type in Central Europe, grassland inventories are relevant for ecological and agrarian …
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Characterizing Ecosystem-Atmosphere Interactions from Short to Interannual Time Scales
Abstract. Characterizing ecosystem-atmosphere interactions in terms of carbon and water exchange on different time scales is considered …
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Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction: Alternative Ordination Approaches for Extracting and Visualizing Biodiversity Patterns in Tropical Montane Forest Vegetation Data
Ecological patterns are difficult to extract directly from vegetation data. The respective surveys provide a high number of …
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Spatial Distribution Patterns, Habitat Correlates and Population Estimates of Steppe Birds in Castro Verde
Castro Verde is the main area of cereal steppes in Portugal (ca. 80,000 ha), having international importance for several steppe bird …
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Remote Sensing Techniques for Forest Parameter Assessment: Multispectral Classification and Linear Spectral Mixture Analysis
One of the most common applications of remote sensing in forestry is the production of thematic maps, depicting e.g. tree species or …
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Further Significant Bird Records from Atauro Island, Timor-Leste (East Timor)
The bird fauna of Atauro island, Timor-Leste (East Timor; 150 km2 , 23.5 km north of Dili) was summarised in Trainor and Soares (2004), …
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Comparison of Different Approaches to Retrieve Plant Water Content of Summer Barley Canopies from Spectroradiometric Measurements
Different empirical and physically based methods were employed to derive the vegetation water content of summer barley plots (n=22) …
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Effects of Land-Use on Collembola Diversity Patterns in a Mediterranean Landscape
Collembola communities were sampled along a gradient of soil-use intensification in a typical Mediterranen landscape dominated by …
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Retrieval of Canopy Properties for Grassland with Widely Varying Management Intensities Using Field and Imaging Spectrometer Data
In this study, a number of grassland plots with distinct differences in yield, canopy structure and plant species composition were …
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Derivation of Forest Leaf Area Index from Multi - and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data
This study evaluated systematically linear predictive models between vegetation indices (VIs) derived from radiometrically corrected …
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Assessment of Forest Productivity Using an Ecosystem Process Model, Remotely Sensed Lai Maps and Field Data
The process-level ecosystem simulation model Biome-BGC was run aspatially for a highly managed forest, the Idarwald. The area …
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Non-Smooth Dynamical Systems: An Overview
We review mathematical results on non-smooth dynamical systems, i.e., systems that incorporate effects of friction and/or impacts.
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