Environmental Change in Siberia [electronic resource] : Earth Observation, Field Studies and Modelling /
Balzter, Heiko.editor.
This book covers a round-up of environmental changes in Siberia with a focus on the terrestrial biosphere but also discussing climate and atmosphere and the hydrological cycle. It concludes with a discussion of information system approaches that are being developed to safeguard and make accessible spatial and temporal data for environmental studies. Siberia is undergoing rapid transformations as a result of its climate vulnerability and the exceptionally high rate of warming it has undergone in recent decades. The information presented in this book was not easily accessible to the global change community before. Contributors include a wide range of Russian, European and North American authors from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds including field ecology, satellite remote sensing and modelling. The book investigates disturbance processes in the taiga forest with a focus on fire and logging, provides observational evidence of evergreen conifer invasion into larch dominated zones which could be a sign of climate change, and describes vegetation model predictions of shifting vegetation zones. Satellite observations of snow cover in Siberia are presented, and observed changes in river runoff described. The interactions between the hydrological cycle, the biosphere and the atmosphere are looked at from a variety of disciplinary viewpoints.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
BIOSPHERE -- Forest Disturbance Assessment Using Satellite Data of Moderate and Low Resolution -- Fire/Climate Interactions in Siberia -- Long-Term Dynamics of Mixed Fir-Aspen Forests in West Sayan (Altai-Sayan Ecoregion) -- Evidence of Evergreen Conifers Invasion into Larch Dominated Forests During Recent Decades -- Potential Climate-Induced Vegetation Change in Siberia in the Twenty-First Century -- Wildfire Dynamics in Mid-Siberian Larch Dominated Forests -- Dendroclimatological Evidence of Climate Changes Across Siberia -- Siberian Pine and Larch Response to Climate Warming in the Southern Siberian Mountain Forest: Tundra Ecotone -- HYDROSPHERE -- Remote Sensing of Spring Snowmelt in Siberia -- Response of River Runoff in the Cryolithic Zone of Eastern Siberia (Lena River Basin) to Future Climate Warming -- ATMOSPHERE -- Investigating Regional Scale Processes Using Remotely Sensed Atmospheric CO2 Column Concentrations from SCIAMACHY -- Climatic and Geographic Patterns of Spatial Distribution of Precipitation in Siberia -- INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- Interoperability, Data Discovery and Access: The e-Infrastructures for Earth Sciences Resources -- Development of a Web-Based Information-Computational Infrastructure for the Siberia Integrated Regional Study -- Conclusions.
This book covers a round-up of environmental changes in Siberia with a focus on the terrestrial biosphere but also discussing climate and atmosphere and the hydrological cycle. It concludes with a discussion of information system approaches that are being developed to safeguard and make accessible spatial and temporal data for environmental studies. Siberia is undergoing rapid transformations as a result of its climate vulnerability and the exceptionally high rate of warming it has undergone in recent decades. The information presented in this book was not easily accessible to the global change community before. Contributors include a wide range of Russian, European and North American authors from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds including field ecology, satellite remote sensing and modelling. The book investigates disturbance processes in the taiga forest with a focus on fire and logging, provides observational evidence of evergreen conifer invasion into larch dominated zones which could be a sign of climate change, and describes vegetation model predictions of shifting vegetation zones. Satellite observations of snow cover in Siberia are presented, and observed changes in river runoff described. The interactions between the hydrological cycle, the biosphere and the atmosphere are looked at from a variety of disciplinary viewpoints.
Applied ecology.
Climate change.
Environmental monitoring.
Remote sensing.
Physical geography.
Geobiology.
Applied Ecology.
Climate Change.
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis.
Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.
Physical Geography.
Biogeosciences.

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