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Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate

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Editors:
  1. Garik Gutman

    1. NASA Headquarters, Washington, USA

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  2. Anni Reissell

    1. University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, iLEAPS International Project Office, Helsinki, Finland

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  • The Arctic zone is most responsive to climate warming
  • To be published right as the product of the International Polar Year
  • Strong international collaboration
  • Land-cover change is a cross-disciplinary science
  • Land-cover and land-use change effects may be the major contributor to climate change

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction: Climate and Land-Cover Changes in the Arctic

    • Pavel Groisman, Garik Gutman, Anni Reissell
    Pages 1-8

  3. 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 et al.
    Pages 9-36

  4. High-Latitude Forest Cover Loss in Northern Eurasia, 2000–2005

    • Peter V. Potapov, Matthew C. Hansen, Stephen V. Stehman
    Pages 37-51

  5. Characterization and Monitoring of Tundra-Taiga Transition Zone with Multi-sensor Satellite Data

    • Guoqing Sun, Kenneth J. Ranson, Viatcheslav I. Kharuk, Sergey T. Im, Mukhtar M. Naurzbaev
    Pages 53-77

  6. 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 et al.
    Pages 79-108

  7. 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
    Pages 109-136

  8. 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 et al.
    Pages 137-175

  9. 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 et al.
    Pages 177-205

  10. 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 et al.
    Pages 207-236

  11. 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
    Pages 237-268

  12. Interaction Between Environmental Pollution and Land-Cover/Land-Use Change in Arctic Areas

    • John Derome†, Natalia Lukina
    Pages 269-289

  13. Summary and Outstanding Scientific Challenges for Land-Cover and Land-Use Research in the Arctic Region

    • Garik Gutman, Chris O. Justice
    Pages 291-300

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 301-306
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • NASA Headquarters, Washington, USA

    Garik Gutman

  • University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, iLEAPS International Project Office, Helsinki, Finland

    Anni Reissell

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