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Estimation of land surface evapotranspiration with A satellite remote sensing procedure
There are various methods available for estimating magnitude and trends of evapotranspiration. Bowen ratio energy balance system and eddy correlation techniques offer powerful alternatives for measuring land surface evapotranspiration. In spite of the elegance, high accuracy, and theoretical attractions of these techniques for measuring evapotranspiration, their practical use over large areas can
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A. Irmak, I. Ratcliffe, P. Ranade, K.G. Hubbard, Ramesh K. Singh, B. Kamble, J. Kjaersgaard
The Forecast Interpretation Tool—a Monte Carlo technique for blending climatic distributions with probabilistic forecasts
Probabilistic forecasts are produced from a variety of outlets to help predict rainfall, and other meteorological events, for periods of 1 month or more. Such forecasts are expressed as probabilities of a rainfall event, e.g. being in the upper, middle, or lower third of the relevant distribution of rainfall in the region. The impact of these forecasts on the expectation for the event is not alway
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Gregory J. Husak, Joel Michaelsen, P. Kyriakidis, James P. Verdin, Chris Funk, Gideon Galu
Estimating aboveground forest biomass carbon and fire consumption in the U.S. Utah High Plateaus using data from the Forest Inventory and Analysis program, Landsat, and LANDFIRE
The concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have been increasing and greatly affecting global climate and socio-economic systems. Actively growing forests are generally considered to be a major carbon sink, but forest wildfires lead to large releases of biomass carbon into the atmosphere. Aboveground forest biomass carbon (AFBC), an important ecological indicator, and fi
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Xuexia Chen, Shuguang Liu, Zhiliang Zhu, James E. Vogelmann, Zhengpeng Li, Donald O. Ohlen
SPECTRAL data-based estimation of soil heat flux
Numerous existing spectral-based soil heat flux (G) models have shown wide variation in performance for maize and soybean cropping systems in Nebraska, indicating the need for localized calibration and model development. The objectives of this article are to develop a semi-empirical model to estimate G from a normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and net radiation (Rn) for maize (Zea mays
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Ramesh K. Singh, A. Irmak, Elizabeth Walter-Shea, S.B. Verma, A.E. Suyker
Monitoring landscape change for LANDFIRE using multi-temporal satellite imagery and ancillary data
LANDFIRE is a large interagency project designed to provide nationwide spatial data for fire management applications. As part of the effort, many 2000 vintage Landsat Thematic Mapper and Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus data sets were used in conjunction with a large volume of field information to generate detailed vegetation type and structure data sets for the entire United States. In order to keep
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James E. Vogelmann, Jay R. Kost, Brian Tolk, Stephen M. Howard, Karen Short, Xuexia Chen, Chengquan Huang, Kari Pabst, Matthew G. Rollins
The development of an EDSS: Lessons learned and implications for DSS research
The Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment (SWERA) project is focused on providing renewable energy (RE) planning resources to the public. Examples include wind, solar, and hydro assessments. SWERA DSS consists of three major components. First, SWERA 'Product Archive' provides for a discovery DSS upon which users can find and access renewable energy data and supporting models. Second, the 'Rene
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O. El-Gayar, A. Deokar, L. Michels, Eugene A. Fosnight
Female white-tailed deer survival across ecoregions in Minnesota and South Dakota
Survival and cause-specific mortality of female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) have been well documented in forested and agricultural landscapes, but limited information has been collected in grassland habitats typical of the Northern Great Plains. Our objectives were to document and compare survival and cause-specific mortality of adult female white-tailed deer in four distinct ecoreg
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T.W. Grovenburg, C. C. Swanson, C.N. Jacques, C.S. Deperno, R. W. Klaver, J.A. Jenks
Prototyping an online wetland ecosystem services model using open model sharing standards
Great interest currently exists for developing ecosystem models to forecast how ecosystem services may change under alternative land use and climate futures. Ecosystem services are diverse and include supporting services or functions (e.g., primary production, nutrient cycling), provisioning services (e.g., wildlife, groundwater), regulating services (e.g., water purification, floodwater retention
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M. Feng, S. Liu, N.H. Euliss, Caitlin Young, D.M. Mushet
Evaluating the effect of predators on white-tailed deer: Movement and diet of coyotes
Coyotes (Canis latrans) may affect adult and neonate white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) survival and have been implicated as a contributor to the decline of deer populations. Additionally, coyote diet composition is influenced by prey availability, season, and region. Because coyote movement and diet vary by region, local data are important to understand coyote population dynamics and thei
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M.M. Turner, A.P. Rockhill, C.S. Deperno, J.A. Jenks, R. W. Klaver, A.R. Jarding, T.W. Grovenburg, K. H. Pollock
On the terminology of the spectral vegetation index (NIR – SWIR)/(NIR + SWIR)
The spectral vegetation index (ρNIR – ρSWIR)/(ρNIR + ρSWIR), where ρNIR and ρSWIR are the near-infrared (NIR) and shortwave-infrared (SWIR) reflectances, respectively, has been widely used to indicate vegetation moisture condition. This index has multiple names in the literature, including infrared index (II), normalized difference infrared index (NDII), normalized difference water index (NDWI), n
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Lel Ji, Li Zhang, Bruce K. Wylie, Jennifer R. Rover
An analytical framework to assist decision makers in the use of forest ecosystem model predictions
The predictions from most forest ecosystem models originate from deterministic simulations. However, few evaluation exercises for model outputs are performed by either model developers or users. This issue has important consequences for decision makers using these models to develop natural resource management policies, as they cannot evaluate the extent to which predictions stemming from the simul
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Guy R. Larocque, Jagtar S. Bhatti, J.C. Ascough, J. Liu, N. Luckai, D. Mailly, L. Archambault, Andrew M. Gordon
Mapping the Philippines' mangrove forests using Landsat imagery
Current, accurate, and reliable information on the areal extent and spatial distribution of mangrove forests in the Philippines is limited. Previous estimates of mangrove extent do not illustrate the spatial distribution for the entire country. This study, part of a global assessment of mangrove dynamics, mapped the spatial distribution and areal extent of the Philippines’ mangroves circa 2000. We
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Jordan Long, Chandra Giri