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Bio-climatic factors drive spectral vegetation changes in Greenland
Tiago Silva
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Geography and Regional Science Institute, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Austrian Polar Research Institute, Vienna, Austria
Brandon Samuel Whitley
Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Elisabeth Machteld Biersma
Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jakob Abermann
Geography and Regional Science Institute, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Austrian Polar Research Institute, Vienna, Austria
Katrine Raundrup
Department of Environment and Minerals, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk, Greenland
Natasha de Vere
Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Toke Thomas Høye
Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Verena Haring
Institute of Biology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Wolfgang Schöner
Geography and Regional Science Institute, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Austrian Polar Research Institute, Vienna, Austria
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Ecosystems in Greenland have experienced significant changes over recent decades. We show the consistency of a high-resolution polar-adapted reanalysis product to represent bio-climatic factors influencing ecological processes. Our results describe the relevance/interaction between snowmelt and soil water content before the growing season onset, infer how the thermal growing season relates to changes in spectral greenness, and describe regions of ongoing changes in vegetation distribution.
Ecosystems in Greenland have experienced significant changes over recent decades. We show the...
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