Remote Sensing in Agriculture

External reference: https://openalex.org/T10111

  1. Cropland warming and cooling differ by time of day in tropical Africa
    Cropland expansion across tropical Africa produces nighttime cooling but hydroclimatically-dependent daytime effects, driven by turbulent heat flux changes tied to vegetation differences.
  2. Global eddy covariance towers cluster on more fertile soils
    Global eddy covariance tower network analysis reveals spatial clustering and systematic bias toward fertile soils, potentially limiting representativeness of ecosystem-atmosphere interaction studies.
  3. Geospatial foundation models improved tree species mapping accuracy
    Foundation models outperform conventional satellite methods for tree species classification in mountain forests, achieving high accuracy with minimal training data but requiring nonlinear classifiers.
  4. Index links land humidity trends to precipitation and temperature
    New index based on precipitation and evapotranspiration ratio reveals land relative humidity decreased substantially since 1973, reconciles climate model discrepancies, and improves hydroclimate.
  5. Extreme 2023 drought turned the Amazon into a weak carbon source
    2023 Amazon drought reduced vegetation carbon uptake, turning the region into a weak carbon source independent of fire emissions, revealing climate vulnerability.
  6. Pantropical moist forests are shifting toward mid-range leaf longevity
    Pantropical moist forests show converging leaf longevity under climate change, with long-longevity regions declining and short-longevity regions increasing.
  7. Global grassland productivity dataset spans 1958–2100
    Gridded aboveground net primary productivity dataset for global grasslands from 1958-2100, combining historical observations with future climate projections for carbon and land management research.
  8. Global green wave shifts north and east more quickly
    Study reveals accelerated north-east shift in global green wave trajectory, indicating restructured vegetation phenology and hemispheric productivity changes through 21st century.