Assessing topographic effects on forest responses to drought with multiple seasonal metrics from Sentinel-2

Autor: Yirong Sang, Feng Tian, Hongxiao Jin, Zhanzhang Cai, Luwei Feng, Yujie Dou, Lars Eklundh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, Vol 128, Iss , Pp 103789- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1569-8432
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2024.103789
Popis: Topography determines run-off direction, redistributes groundwater, and affects land surface solar radiation loads and the associated evaporative forcing, consequently, topography can modulate the impact of drought and heat waves on ecosystems. This topographic modulation effect, which typically occurs at the local scale, is often overlooked when assessing ecosystem drought responses using moderate-to-coarse spatial resolution satellite observations, such as the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) imagery. Sentinel-2 and Landsat imagery with finer resolution are suitable for monitoring changes at the local scale, however, studies relying on single vegetation metrics may fail to get a holistic picture of vegetation drought responses, particularly for forests that have complex physiological mechanisms. Here, we performed a comprehensive assessment of the topographic effects on coniferous forest responses to the severe 2018 drought in Scandinavia, using 6 vegetation seasonal metrics during 2017–2021 from the Sentienl-2 High-Resolution Vegetation Phenology and Productivity (HR-VPP) products. We found significant differences (p
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