Remote sensing of dryland ecosystem structure and function: Progress, challenges, and opportunities

WK Smith, MP Dannenberg, D Yan, S Herrmann… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Drylands make up roughly 40% of the Earth's land surface, and billions of people depend on
services provided by these critically important ecosystems. Despite their relatively sparse …

A review of terrestrial carbon assessment methods using geo-spatial technologies with emphasis on arid lands

S Issa, B Dahy, T Ksiksi, N Saleous - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Geo-spatial technologies (ie, remote sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems
(GIS)) offer the means to enable a rapid assessment of terrestrial carbon stock (CS) over …

Persistent and enhanced carbon sequestration capacity of alpine grasslands on Earth's Third Pole

Y Wang, J **ao, Y Ma, J Ding, X Chen, Z Ding… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The carbon sequestration capacity of alpine grasslands, composed of alpine meadows and
steppes, in the Tibetan Plateau has an essential role in regulating the regional carbon cycle …

Drought impacts on terrestrial primary production underestimated by satellite monitoring

BD Stocker, J Zscheischler, TF Keenan, IC Prentice… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Satellite retrievals of information about the Earth's surface are widely used to monitor global
terrestrial photosynthesis and primary production and to examine the ecological impacts of …

Exceptional heat and atmospheric dryness amplified losses of primary production during the 2020 US Southwest hot drought

MP Dannenberg, D Yan, ML Barnes… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Earth's ecosystems are increasingly threatened by “hot drought,” which occurs when hot air
temperatures coincide with precipitation deficits, intensifying the hydrological, physiological …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

Quantifying soil moisture impacts on light use efficiency across biomes

BD Stocker, J Zscheischler, TF Keenan… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial primary productivity and carbon cycle impacts of droughts are commonly
quantified using vapour pressure deficit (VPD) data and remotely sensed greenness, without …

Sensitivity of primary production to precipitation across the United States

GE Maurer, AJ Hallmark, RF Brown, OE Sala… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Primary production, a key regulator of the global carbon cycle, is highly responsive to
variations in climate. Yet, a detailed, continental‐scale risk assessment of climate‐related …

Satellite passive microwaves reveal recent climate-induced carbon losses in African drylands

M Brandt, JP Wigneron, J Chave, T Tagesson… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
The African continent is facing one of the driest periods in the past three decades as well as
continued deforestation. These disturbances threaten vegetation carbon (C) stocks and …

Increased photosynthesis during spring drought in energy-limited ecosystems

DL Miller, S Wolf, JB Fisher, BF Zaitchik, J **ao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Drought is often thought to reduce ecosystem photosynthesis. However, theory suggests
there is potential for increased photosynthesis during meteorological drought, especially in …