Review of remote sensing applications in grassland monitoring

Z Wang, Y Ma, Y Zhang, J Shang - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The application of remote sensing technology in grassland monitoring and management has
been ongoing for decades. Compared with traditional ground measurements, remote …

Reviews and syntheses: Turning the challenges of partitioning ecosystem evaporation and transpiration into opportunities

PC Stoy, TS El-Madany, JB Fisher, P Gentine… - …, 2019 - bg.copernicus.org
Evaporation (E) and transpiration (T) respond differently to ongoing changes in climate,
atmospheric composition, and land use. It is difficult to partition ecosystem-scale …

Grassland carbon-water cycling is minimally impacted by a photovoltaic array

SA Kannenberg, MA Sturchio, MD Venturas… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Agrivoltaic systems, whereby photovoltaic arrays are co-located with crop or forage
production, can alleviate the tension between expanding solar development and loss of …

Climate warming consistently reduces grassland ecosystem productivity

GL Wu, Z Cheng, JM Alatalo, J Zhao, Y Liu - Earth's Future, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Future climate may profoundly impact the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. However, we
do not know well how the functioning of different types of grassland ecosystems is …

Using Landsat observations (1988–2017) and Google Earth Engine to detect vegetation cover changes in rangelands-A first step towards identifying degraded lands …

Z **e, SR Phinn, ET Game, DJ Pannell… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Globally, the area of agricultural land is shrinking in part due to environmental degradation.
Acquisition and restoration of degraded lands no longer used for agriculture may present a …

Review of drought impacts on carbon cycling in grassland ecosystems

T Lei, J Feng, C Zheng, S Li, Y Wang, Z Wu, J Lu… - Frontiers of Earth …, 2020 - Springer
Grasslands play a key role in both carbon and water cycles. In semi-arid and arid grassland
areas, the frequency and intensity of droughts are increasing. However, the influence of a …

Water availability impacts on evapotranspiration partitioning

RL Scott, JF Knowles, JA Nelson, P Gentine, X Li… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2021 - Elsevier
Knowing how evapotranspiration (ET) is mediated by abiotic and biotic pathways is
essential to understanding how water affects ecosystem productivity. Recent studies have …

Risk assessment framework for nitrate contamination in groundwater for regional management

YG Teng, R Zuo, Y **ong, J Wu, YZ Zhai, J Su - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nitrate pollution in groundwater is now one of the most important environmental problems all
over the world. For this purpose, a new framework for risk screening and assessment of …

Spatial variation of correlations between vertical soil water and evapotranspiration and their controlling factors in a semi-arid region

A Yinglan, G Wang, T Liu, B Xue, G Kuczera - Journal of Hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
A decrease in soil water content (SWC) has been observed at the global scale and has led
to a reduction in evapotranspiration (ET). However, the trend in SWC in eastern Asia differed …

Impacts of drought and heat events on vegetative growth in a typical humid zone of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China

H Han, H Jian, M Liu, S Lei, S Yao, F Yan - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to climate change, the frequencies of extreme meteorological events have increased
around the world over the last few decades, which would significantly affect the growth of …