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Snow Cover Phenology Monitoring and Dynamic Analysis Using Google Earth Engine in Western Iran’s Mountainous Regions [PDF]

ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Snow cover in mountainous regions plays a vital role in regional climate regulation, freshwater supply, and ecosystem stability. Phenological variations in snow cover—ranging from shifts in onset and melting periods to fluctuations in snow extent ...
B. Ghaderi, S. Asadnezhand, Z. Azizi, P. Alemi Safaval   +3 more
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Identifying the exposure of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of steppe birds to renewable energy development

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity is globally threatened by human impacts, including land‐use transformation and climate change, which has prompted a rapid transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources, such as photovoltaic (PV) energy. However, utility‐scale PV plants require vast areas and can lead to conflicts with biodiversity conservation, making ...
Pablo Medrano‐Vizcaíno, François Mougeot, Beatriz Arroyo, Gerard Bota, David Giralt, Laura Maeso‐Pueyo, Carlos A. Martín, Manuel B. Morales, Pedro P. Olea, Juan Traba, Ana Benítez‐López   +10 more
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Impact of global change on the distribution of mountain mammals and birds

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Climate change and land‐use changes are key drivers of global biodiversity loss. Many species are shifting to higher elevations or latitudes in response to global warming, often encountering unfavorable land‐use conditions during the shift. These changes can lead to reduced range size and increased extinction risks, particularly for mountain ...
Chiara Dragonetti, Wilfried Thuiller, Maya Guéguen, Julien Renaud, Piero Visconti, Moreno Di Marco   +5 more
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Effects of snow manipulation on larch trees in the taiga forest ecosystem in northeastern Siberia

Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2022
Changes in winter precipitation (snow) may greatly affect vegetation by altering hydrological and biochemical processes. To understand the effects of changing snow cover depth and melt timing on the taiga forest ecosystem, a snow manipulation experiment ...
Ruslan Shakhmatov, Shuhei Hashiguchi, Trofim C. Maximov, Atsuko Sugimoto   +3 more
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Greater sage‐grouse dynamics are influenced by winter temperature rather than indices of grazing, drought, and breeding season weather in a northern Great Plains population

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
We evaluated the impacts of grazing, climatic variability, and vegetation productivity on the population dynamics of a northern Great Plains greater sage‐grouse population. We found winter temperature influenced annual population growth rates, but did not detect influences of drought, breeding season weather, vegetation productivity or short‐term ...
David Messmer, Kaitlyn Reintsma, Lorelle Berkeley, Jennifer Helm, Mark Szczypinski, Victoria Dreitz, Justin Gude   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global mountain snow cover phenology from MODIS/Terra imagery

<p>The snow cover phenology dataset was generated by exploiting the MODIS snow product MOD10A1.061 and contains the following variables: yearly averaged snow cover area (SCA), snow cover duration (SCD), first snow day (FSD), last snow day (LSD ...
Notarnicola, Claudia
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Reply to Wang et al.: Snow cover and air temperature affect the rate of changes in spring phenology in the Tibetan Plateau [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
We appreciate the comments on our recent study (1) from Wang et al. (2). Our study showed that the start of the growing season (SOS), derived from analysis of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), continued to advance in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) from 1982 to 2011. Wang et al.
Jinwei, Dong, Geli, Zhang, Yangjian, Zhang, Xiangming, Xiao   +3 more
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The new indices to describe temporal discontinuity of snow cover on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Snow cover on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau significantly impacts the climate, hydrology, and ecology of China and East Asia. Current studies mainly use snow cover days to describe its duration, overlooking the snow’s discontinuous nature.
Jing Wang, Lin Tang, Heng Lu
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Spatiotemporal Variability of Seasonal Snow Cover over 25 Years in the Romanian Carpathians: Insights from a MODIS CGF-Based Approach

Remote Sensing
Understanding long-term snow cover dynamics is essential in mountain regions with limited meteorological or in situ observations. This study examines seasonal snow cover evolution across the Romanian Carpathians (2000–2025) using daily MODIS/Terra ...
Andrei Ioniță, Iosif Lopătiță, Florina Ardelean, Flavius Sîrbu, Petru Urdea, Alexandru Onaca   +5 more
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Effect of Different Meteorological Forcing Data on Snow Simulation over the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau [PDF]

Gaoyuan qixiang
Snow cover is an important component of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau （QXP） cryosphere， exerting a significant impact on regional and downstream weather and climate through radiative and hydrological processes.However， the simulation of snow cover on the ...
Xinyun HU, Xin MIAO, Weidong GUO, Le WANG, Yizhuo LI
doaj   +1 more source