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Remote sensing in BOREAS: Lessons learned |
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| Authors: | JA Gamon DR Peddle D Fuentes JS Kimball J Gu JR Miller AF Rahman EA Smith P Zarco-Tejada R Fernandes |
| Affiliation: | a Center for Environmental Analysis (CEA-CREST) and Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA b Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA c Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada d Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada e The University of Montana, School of Forestry/NTSG, Missoula, MT, USA f The Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, MA, USA g Department of Meteorology, The Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, USA h Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA i Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada j Department of Geography, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA k Meteo-France CNRM/GMME/MATIS, Toulouse Cedex, France l Code 912, NASA Goddard space flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA m Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA n Universidad de Valladolid, Palencia, Spain o Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Abstract: | The Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) was a large, multiyear internationally supported study designed to improve our understanding of the boreal forest biome and its interactions with the atmosphere, biosphere, and the carbon cycle in the face of global climate change. In the initial phase of this study (early 1990s), remote sensing played a key role by providing products needed for planning and modeling. During and after the main BOREAS field campaigns (1994 and 1996), innovative remote sensing approaches and analyses expanded our understanding of the boreal forest in four key areas: (1) definition of vegetation structure, (2) land-cover classification, (3) assessment of the carbon balance, and (4) links between surface properties, weather, and climate. In addition to six BOREAS special issues and over 500 journal papers, a principal legacy of BOREAS is its well-documented and publicly available database, which provides a lasting scientific resource and opportunity to further advance our understanding of this critical northern biome. |
| Keywords: | Boreal forest Remote sensing Carbon cycle Land cover |
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