Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate / Edition 1

by Garik Gutman, Anni Reissell

Overview

This volume is a compilation of studies on interactions of land-cover/land-use change with climate in a region where the climate warming is most pronounced compared to other areas of the globe. The climate warming in the far North, and in the Arctic region of Northern Eurasia in particular, affects both the landscape and human activities, and hence human dimensions are an important aspect of the topic. Environmental pollution together with climate warming may produce irreversible damages to the current Arctic ecosystems. Regional land-atmosphere feedbacks may have large global importance. Remote sensing is a primary tool in studying vast northern territories where in situ observations are sporadic. State-of-the-art methods of satellite remote sensing combined with GIS and models are used to tackle science questions and provide an outlook of current land-cover changes and potential scenarios for the future.

Audience: The book is a truly international effort involving U.S. and European scientists. It is directed at the broad science community including graduate students, academics and other professionals in this field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048191178
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	10/27/2010
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Contributors xi

John Richard Martin "Joonas" Derome (1947-2010): In Memoriam xvii

List of Abbreviations xix

1 Introduction: Climate and Land-Cover Changes in the Arctic Pavel Groisman Garik Gutman Anni Reissell 1

2 Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation: Satellite Observations and Simulation Model Predictions Scott J. Goetz Howard E. Epstein Uma S. Bhatt Gensuo J. Jia Jed O. Kaplan Heike Lischke Qin Yu Andrew Bunn Andrea H. Lloyd Domingo Alcaraz-Segura Pieter S.A. Beck Josefino C. Comiso Martha K. Raynolds Donald A. Walker 9

3 High-Latitude Forest Cover Loss in Northern Eurasia, 2000-2005 Peter V. Potapov Matthew C. Hansen Stephen V. Stehman 37

4 Characterization and Monitoring of Tundra-Taiga Transition Zone with Multi-sensor Statellite Data Guoqing Sun Kenneth J. Ranson Viatcheslav I. Kharuk Sergey T. Im Mukhtar M. Naurzbaev 53

5 Vegetation Cover in the Eurasian Arctic: Distribution, Monitoring, and Role in Carbon Cycling Olga N. Krankina Dirk Pflugmacher Daniel J. Hayes A. David McGuire Matthew C. Hansen Tuomas Häme Vladimir Elsakov Peder Nelson 79

6 The Effects of Land Cover and Land Use Change on the Contemporary Carbon Balance of the Arctic and Boreal Terrestrial Ecosystems of Northern Eurasia Daniel J. Hayes A. David McGuire David W. Kicklighter Todd J. Burnside Jerry M. Melillo 109

7 Interactions Between Land Cover/Use Change and Hydrology Alexander I. Shiklomanov Theodore J. Bohn Dennis P. Lettenmaier Richard B. Lammers Peter Romanov Michael A. Rawlins Jennifer C. Adam 137

8 Impacts of Arctic Climate and Land Use Changes on Reindeer Pastoralism: Indigenous Knowledge and Remote Sensing Nancy G. Maynard Anders Oskal Johan M. Turi Svein D. Mathiesen Inger Marie G. Eira Boris Yurchak Vladimir Etylin Jennifer Gebelein 177

9 Cumulative Effects of Rapid Land-Cover and Land-Use Changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia Donald A. Walker Bruce C. Forbes Marina O. Leibman Howard E. Epstein Uma S. Bhatt Josefino C. Comiso Dmitri S. Drozdov Anatoly A. Gubarkov Gensuo J. Jia Elina Kaarlejärvi Jed O. Kaplan Artem V. Khomutov Gary P. Kofinas Timo Kumpula Patrick Kuss Natalia G. Moskalenko Nina A. Meschtyb Anu Pajunen Martha K. Raynolds Vladimir E. Romanovsky Florian Stammler Qin Yu 207

10 Interactions of Arctic Aerosols with Land-Cover and Land-Use Changes in Northern Eurasia and their Role in the Arctic Climate System Irina N. Sokolik Judith Curry Vladimir Radionov 237

11 Interaction Between Environmental Pollution and Land-Cover/Land-Use Change in Arctic Areas John Derome† Natalia Lukina 269

12 Summary and Outstanding Scientific Challenges for Land-Cover and Land-Use Research in the Arctic Region Garik Gutman Chris O. Justice 291

Index 301