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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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