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Dependence of soil respiration on soil temperature and soil moisture in successional forests in Southern China
The spatial and temporal variations in soil respiration and its relationship with biophysical factors in forests near the Tropic of Cancer remain highly uncertain. To contribute towards an improvement of actual estimates, soil respiration rates, soil temperature, and soil moisture were measured in three successional subtropical forests at the Dinghushan Nature Reserve (DNR) in southern China from
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X.-L. Tang, G.-Y. Zhou, S.-G. Liu, D.-Q. Zhang, S.-Z. Liu, Ji Li, C.-Y. Zhou
Temporal evolution of carbon budgets of the Appalachian forests in the U.S. from 1972 to 2000
Estimating dynamic terrestrial ecosystem carbon (C) sources and sinks over large areas is difficult. The scaling of C sources and sinks from the field level to the regional level has been challenging due to the variations of climate, soil, vegetation, and disturbances. As part of an effort to estimate the spatial, temporal, and sectional dimensions of the United States C sources and sinks (the U.S
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J. Liu, S. Liu, Thomas R. Loveland
Belowground carbon balance and carbon accumulation rate in the successional series of monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest
The balance, accumulation rate and temporal dynamics of belowground carbon in the successional series of monsoon evergreen broadleaved forest are obtained in this paper, based on long-term observations to the soil organic matter, input and standing biomass of litter and coarse woody debris, and dissolved organic carbon carried in the hydrological process of subtropical climax forest ecosystem—mons
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G. Zhou, S. Liu, X. Tang, X. Ouyang, Dongxiao Zhang, J. Liu, J. Yan, C. Zhou, Y. Luo, L. Guan, Yajing Liu
Soil-atmospheric exchange of CO2, CH4, and N2O in three subtropical forest ecosystems in southern China
The magnitude, temporal, and spatial patterns of soil-atmospheric greenhouse gas (hereafter referred to as GHG) exchanges in forests near the Tropic of Cancer are still highly uncertain. To contribute towards an improvement of actual estimates, soil-atmospheric CO2, CH4, and N2O fluxes were measured in three successional subtropical forests at the Dinghushan Nature Reserve (hereafter referred to a
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X. Tang, S. Liu, G. Zhou, Dongxiao Zhang, C. Zhou
The Short Wave Aerostat-Mounted Imager (SWAMI): A novel platform for acquiring remotely sensed data from a tethered balloon
We describe a new remote sensing system called the Short Wave Aerostat-Mounted Imager (SWAMI). The SWAMI is designed to acquire co-located video imagery and hyperspectral data to study basic remote sensing questions and to link landscape level trace gas fluxes with spatially and temporally appropriate spectral observations. The SWAMI can fly at altitudes up to 2 km above ground level to bridge the
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L.A. Vierling, M. Fersdahl, X. Chen, Z. Li, P. Zimmerman
An analysis of urban thermal characteristics and associated land cover in Tampa Bay and Las Vegas using Landsat satellite data
Remote sensing data from both Landsat 5 and Landsat 7 systems were utilized to assess urban area thermal characteristics in Tampa Bay watershed of west-central Florida, and the Las Vegas valley of southern Nevada. To quantitatively determine urban land use extents and development densities, sub-pixel impervious surface areas were mapped for both areas. The urban–rural boundaries and urban developm
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George Xian, Mike Crane
Multiple baseline radar interferometry applied to coastal land cover classification and change analyses
ERS-1 and ERS-2 SAR data were collected in tandem over a four-month period and used to generate interferometric coherence, phase, and intensity products that we compared to a classified land cover coastal map of Big Bend, Florida. Forests displayed the highest intensity, and marshes the lowest. The intensity for fresh marsh and forests progressively shifted while saline marsh intensity variance di
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Elijah W. Ramsey, Z. Lu, A. Rangoonwala, Russ Rykhus
Land use/land cover change effects on temperature trends at U.S. Climate Normals stations
Alterations in land use/land cover (LULC) in areas near meteorological observation stations can influence the measurement of climatological variables such as temperature. Urbanization near climate stations has been the focus of considerable research attention, however conversions between non-urban LULC classes may also have an impact. In this study, trends of minimum, maximum, and average temperat
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R. C. Hale, K. P. Gallo, T.W. Owen, Thomas R. Loveland
The Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI): 5-year report
The Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) is an innovative, multidisciplinary program that began in 2000 in response to a congressional directive for the Department of the Interior to address the issue of amphibian declines in the United States. ARMI’s formulation was cross-disciplinary, integrating U.S. Geological Survey scientists from Biology, Water, and Geography to develop a cou
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Erin Muths, Alisa L. Gallant, Evan H. Campbell Grant, William A. Battaglin, David E. Green, Jennifer S. Staiger, Susan C. Walls, Margaret S. Gunzburger, Rick F. Kearney
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR)
Geodesists are, for the most part, a patient and hardworking lot. A day spent hiking to a distant peak, hours spent waiting for clouds to clear a line-of-sight between observation points, weeks spent moving methodically along a level line — such is the normal pulse of the geodetic profession. The fruits of such labors are all the more precious because they are so scarce. A good day spent with an e
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D. Dzurisin, Z. Lu
The MODIS reprojection tool
The MODIS Reprojection Tool (MRT) is designed to help individuals work with MODIS Level-2G, Level-3, and Level-4 land data products. These products are referenced to a global tiling scheme in which each tile is approximately 10° latitude by 10° longitude and non-overlapping (Fig. 9.1). If desired, the user may reproject only selected portions of the product (spatial or parameter subsetting). The s
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John L. Dwyer, Gail L. Schmidt