Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428994688
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
BOREAS AFM-12 1-km AVHRR seasonal land cover classification
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428994688
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Boreas Afm-12 1-Km Avhrr Seasonal Land Cover Classification
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781721224395
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) Airborne Fluxes and Meteorology (AFM)-12 team's efforts focused on regional scale Surface Vegetation and Atmosphere (SVAT) modeling to improve parameterization of the heterogeneous BOREAS landscape for use in larger scale Global Circulation Models (GCMs). This regional land cover data set was developed as part of a multitemporal one-kilometer Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) land cover analysis approach that was used as the basis for regional land cover mapping, fire disturbance-regeneration, and multiresolution land cover scaling studies in the boreal forest ecosystem of central Canada. This land cover classification was derived by using regional field observations from ground and low-level aircraft transits to analyze spectral-temporal clusters that were derived from an unsupervised cluster analysis of monthly Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) image composites (April-September 1992). This regional data set was developed for use by BOREAS investigators, especially those involved in simulation modeling, remote sensing algorithm development, and aircraft flux studies. Based on regional field data verification, this multitemporal one-kilometer AVHRR land cover mapping approach was effective in characterizing the biome-level land cover structure, embedded spatially heterogeneous landscape patterns, and other types of key land cover information of interest to BOREAS modelers.The land cover mosaics in this classification include: (1) wet conifer mosaic (low, medium, and high tree stand density), (2) mixed coniferous-deciduous forest (80% coniferous, codominant, and 80% deciduous), (3) recent visible bum, vegetation regeneration, or rock outcrops-bare ground-sparsely vegetated slow regeneration bum (four classes), (4) open water and grassland marshes, and (5) general agricultural land use/ grasslands (three classes). This land cover mapping approach did not detect small subpixel-scale landscape fea
Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Studies. The Mackenzie GEWEX Experience
Author: Ming-ko WooPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 354075136X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
This book presents decade-long advances in atmospheric research in the Mackenzie River Basin in northern Canada, which encompasses environments representative of most cold areas on Earth. Collaborative efforts have yielded knowledge entirely transferable to other high latitude regions in America, Europe and Asia. This book complements the first volume coming from the GEWEX project, dealing with the region's atmospheric dynamics.
BOREAS TGB-12 Soil Carbon and Flux Data of NSA-MSA in Raster Format
Author: BOREAS TGB-12 Rn-222 Activity Data Over the NSA
Author: Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity
Author: International Aerospace Abstracts
Author: The Wetlands Handbook, 2 Volume Set
Author: Edward MaltbyPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781444315820
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Forty-two chapters by international experts from a wide range ofdisciplines make The Wetlands Handbook the essential toolfor those seeking comprehensive understanding of the subject. Adeparture from more traditional treatises, this text examinesfreshwater wetland ecosystem science from the fundamentals toissues of management and policy. Introductory chapters address the scope and significance ofwetlands globally for communities, culture and biodiversity.Subsequent sections deal with processes underpinning wetlandfunctioning, how wetlands work, their uses and values for humansand nature, their sensitivity to external impacts, and how they maybe restored. The text is illustrated by numerous examples,emphasising functional and holistic approaches to wetlandmanagement, including case studies on the wise use andrehabilitation of wetlands in farmed, urban, industrial and otherdamaged environments, highlighting the long-term benefits ofmultiple use. The Wetlands Handbook will provide aninvaluable reference for researchers, managers, policy-makers andstudents of wetland sciences.
Discharge in Long Air Gaps
Author: Abderrahmane BeroualPublisher: IOP Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9780750312370
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Discharge in Long Air Gaps' presents self-consistent predictive dynamic models of positive and negative discharges in long air gaps. Equivalent models are also derived to predict lightning parameters based on the similarities between long air gap discharges and lightning flashes. Comparisons between computed and experimental results for various test configurations are presented and discussed.
Wolf Creek Research Basin, Yukon
Author: Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs CanadaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecosystem management
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
The Wolf Creek Research Basin project was initiated in 1992 to provide a dedicated site to carry out applied research in the Yukon sub-Arctic. The project used an ecosystem approach through contaminants, waste, water, and environment/economy integration. This report describes the Wolf Creek area, the project's objectives, the background to the project's establishment, and research activities in 1992/93, 1993/94, and 1994/95. Research projects included watershed characterization, water quality monitoring, snow and vegetation survey, streamflow monitoring, snowpack monitoring, wind redistribution of snow, snow accumulation and depletion, snowmelt, evapotranspiration, and runoff modelling.