{"title":"Shifts in Vegetation Cover of Southern California Deserts in Response to Recent Climate Variations.","authors":"Christopher Potter","doi":"10.1007/s41976-019-00013-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-019-00013-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the deserts of Southern California, air temperatures have been rising and precipitation variability has been increasing over the past several decades. These recent climate shifts may have begun to threaten the survival of certain plant and animal species in these arid ecosystems. This study was designed to quantify and characterize variations in vegetation canopy density using more than 30 consecutive years of Landsat satellite image data across the western Lower Colorado (Sonoran) and southern Mojave Desert region. Mapping of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) from Landsat images (1985 to 2017), which has been closely correlated with percent cover measurements of green vegetation canopies in a variety of arid ecosystems, was used to detect periodic upslope and downslope shifts in plant cover. The change in Landsat NDVI between 1985 and 2017 within the Santa Rosa Mountains Wilderness at four elevation zones between 500 m and 2500 m showed that vegetation green cover dropped notably in below-average precipitation periods, whereas green cover increased sharply in above-average precipitation years. This same temporal pattern of shifting in NDVI was detected along steep elevation gradients in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and in the Little San Bernardino Mountains of Joshua Tree National Park. Although the distribution of the dominant plant species along elevation gradients may have increased by more than 60 m over several decades (prior to 2007), we found no evidence that upslope shifts in percent plant cover have yet become a permanent pattern at these mountainous desert sites.</p>","PeriodicalId":91040,"journal":{"name":"Remote sensing in earth systems sciences","volume":"2 ","pages":"79-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s41976-019-00013-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38174342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geospatial Approach for Evaluating LULC Pattern in the Doddahalla Watershed, Chitradurga District, India","authors":"Ibrahim-Bathis K, S. A. Ahmed","doi":"10.1007/s41976-019-00017-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-019-00017-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91040,"journal":{"name":"Remote sensing in earth systems sciences","volume":"93 1","pages":"108 - 119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90627149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Trends of Annual Aridity Indices and Classification of Arid Regions with Satellite-Based Aridity Indices","authors":"R. Kimura, M. Moriyama","doi":"10.1007/s41976-019-00014-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-019-00014-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91040,"journal":{"name":"Remote sensing in earth systems sciences","volume":"16 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90331145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wheat Acreage Mapping and Yield Prediction Using Landsat-8 OLI Satellite Data: a Case Study in Sahibganj Province, Jharkhand (India)","authors":"B. Parida, Avinash Kumar Ranjan","doi":"10.1007/s41976-019-00015-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-019-00015-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91040,"journal":{"name":"Remote sensing in earth systems sciences","volume":"141 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72818866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Zurqani, C. Post, E. Mikhailova, Jeffrey S. Allen
{"title":"Mapping Urbanization Trends in a Forested Landscape Using Google Earth Engine","authors":"H. Zurqani, C. Post, E. Mikhailova, Jeffrey S. Allen","doi":"10.1007/s41976-019-00020-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-019-00020-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91040,"journal":{"name":"Remote sensing in earth systems sciences","volume":"54 1","pages":"173 - 182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74869807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis and Evaluation of Data-Adaptive Spectral Estimation Algorithms for Processing MST Radar Data","authors":"R. C., S. T.","doi":"10.1007/s41976-019-00016-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-019-00016-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91040,"journal":{"name":"Remote sensing in earth systems sciences","volume":"28 1","pages":"161 - 172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76230384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changes in Vegetation Cover of Yellowstone National Park Estimated from MODIS Greenness Trends, 2000 to 2018","authors":"C. Potter","doi":"10.1007/s41976-019-00019-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-019-00019-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91040,"journal":{"name":"Remote sensing in earth systems sciences","volume":"PP 1","pages":"147-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84524703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of the GIS-Based Probabilistic Models for Mapping the Flood Susceptibility in Bansloi Sub-basin of Ganga-Bhagirathi River and Their Comparison","authors":"G. Paul, S. Saha, Tusar Kanti Hembram","doi":"10.1007/s41976-019-00018-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-019-00018-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91040,"journal":{"name":"Remote sensing in earth systems sciences","volume":"22 1","pages":"120 - 146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78829052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Global Warming Mitigation Through Carbon Sequestrations in the Central Western Ghats","authors":"TV Ramachandra, TV Ramachandra, S. Bharath","doi":"10.1007/s41976-019-0010-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-019-0010-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91040,"journal":{"name":"Remote sensing in earth systems sciences","volume":"5 1","pages":"39-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75231088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Iron-Stimulated Phytoplankton Blooms in the Southern Ocean: a Brief Review","authors":"S. C. Tripathy, Babula Jena","doi":"10.1007/s41976-019-00012-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-019-00012-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91040,"journal":{"name":"Remote sensing in earth systems sciences","volume":"91 1","pages":"64-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73422469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}