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Phenology in Higher Education: Ground-Based and Spatial Analysis Tools

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New spatial analysis methods and an increasing amount of remote sensing data are the necessary tools for scaling from ground-based phenological measurements to larger ecosystem, continental, and global processes. However, since remote sensing data and tools are not straightforward to master, training at the higher education level is often necessary. Curricula and training programs linking these integral components of phenological research are sorely needed because the number of people with requisite skills in the use of a growing array of sophisticated analytical tools and collected remote sensing data is still quite small. In this chapter we provide a series of examples of field-based approaches to college- and university-level phenological education. We then guide the reader through the resources that are available for the integration of remote sensing with land-based phenological monitoring and suggest potential ways of using these resources.

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We would like to acknowledge Elisabeth Beaubien for her substantial contributions to an earlier version of this chapter.

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  1. Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA

    Kirsten M. de Beurs

  2. Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA

    Robert B. Cook

  3. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

    Susan Mazer & Brian Haggerty

  4. Biology Department, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC, 28815, USA

    Alisa Hove

  5. Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA

    Geoffrey M. Henebry

  6. Education Program, USA National Phenology Network, National Coordinating Office, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

    LoriAnne Barnett

  7. Ferrum College, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ferrum, VA, 24088, USA

    Carolyn L. Thomas & Bob R. Pohlad

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de Beurs, K.M. et al. (2013). Phenology in Higher Education: Ground-Based and Spatial Analysis Tools. In: Schwartz, M. (eds) Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6925-0_31

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