Synthesis of Arctic System Science

Synthesis of Arctic System Science: Greening of the Arctic

Publications:

  1. 2012

    1. Walker, D.A., Bhatt, U.S., Epstein, H.E., Bieniek, P.A., Comiso, J.C., Frost, G.V., Pinzon, J., Raynolds, M.K., Tucker, C.J. 2012. [The Arctic] Changing Arctic tundra vegetation biomass and greenness [in "State of the Climate in 2011"]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 93(7):S138-139. doi:10.1175/2012BAMSStateoftheClimate.1 (PDF)
  1. 2011

    1. Goetz, S.J., Epstein, H.E., Alcaraz, J.D., Beck, P.S.A., Bhatt, U.S., Bunn, A., Comiso, J.C., Jia, G.J., Kaplan, J.O., Lilschke, H., Lloyd, A., Walker, D.A., Yu, Q. 2011. Recent changes in Arctic vegetation: Satellite observations and simulation model predictions. In: G. Gutman and A. Reissell (eds.), Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate, pp. 9-36. Springer: New York, NY. (PDF)
    2. Walker, D.A., Bhatt, U.S., Callaghan, T.V., Comiso, J.C., Epstein, H.E., Forbes, B.C., Gill, M., Gould, W.A., Henry, G.H.R., Jia, G.J., Kokelj, S.V., Lantz, T.C., Oberbauer, S.F., Pinzon, J.E., Raynolds, M.K., Shaver, G.R., Tucker, C.J., Tweedie, C.E., Webber, P.J. 2011. [The Arctic] Land: Vegetation [in "State of the Climate in 2010"]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92:S150-S152. doi:10.1175/1520-0477-92.6.S1 (Website)
    3. Walker, D.A., Bhatt, U.S., Callaghan, T.V., Comiso, J.C., Epstein, H.E., Forbes, B.C., Gill, M., Gould, W.A., Henry, G.H.R., Jia, G.J., Kokelj, S.V., Lantz, T.C., Oberbauer, S.F., Pinzon, J.E., Raynolds, M.K., Shaver, G.R., Tucker, C.J., Tweedie, C.E., Webber, P.J. 2011. Vegetation. In: J. Richter-Menge, M.O. Jeffries and J.E. Overland (eds.), Arctic Report Card 2011. NOAA Arctic Research Program. (Website) (PDF)
    4. Walker, D.A., Forbes, B.C., Leibman, M.O., Epstein, H.E., Bhatt, U.S., Comiso, J.C., Drozdov, D.S., Gubarkov, A.A., Jia, G.J., Karlejaärvi, E., Kaplan, J.O., Khumutov, V., Kofinas, G.P., Kumpula, T., Kuss, P., Moskalenko, N.G., Raynolds, M.K., Romanovsky, V.E., Stammler, F. and Yu, Q. 2011. Cumulative effects of rapid land-cover and land-use changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. In: G. Gutman and A. Reissel (eds.), Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate, pp. 206-236. Springer: New York, NY. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9118-5_9 (PDF)
  1. 2010

    1. Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Comiso, J.C., Epstein, H.E., Jia, G.J., Gens, R., Pinzon, J.E., Tucker, C.J., Tweedie, C.E., Webber, P.J. 2010. Circumpolar Arctic tundra vegetation change is linked to sea-ice decline. Earth Interactions, 14:(8):1-20. (PDF)
    2. Walker, D.A., Bhatt, U.S., Comiso, J.C., Epstein, H.E., Gould, W.A., Henry, G.H.R., Jia, G.J., Kokelj, S.V., Lantz, T.C., Mercado-Diaz, J.A., Pinzon, J.E., Raynolds, M.K., Shaver, G.R., Tucker, C.J., Tweedie, C.E., Webber, P.J. 2010. [The Arctic] Land: Vegetation [in "State of the Climate in 2009"]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91(7):S115-S116. doi:10.1175/BAMS-91-7-StateoftheClimate (Website) (PDF)
  1. 2009

    1. Jia, G.J., Epstein, H.E., Walker, D.A. 2009. Vegetation greening in the Canadian Arctic related to decadal warming. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 11:2231-2238. doi:10.1039/B911677J (Purchase PDF)
    2. Raynolds, M.K., Walker, D.A. 2009. Effects of deglaciation on circumpolar distribution of arctic vegetation. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 35:(2):118-129. (Permanent link) (PDF)
    3. Walker, D.A., Bhatt, U.S., Raynolds, M.K., Comiso, J.C., Epstein, H.E., Jia, G.J. 2009. [The Arctic] Land: Vegetation [in "State of the Climate in 2008"]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90(8):S104-S105. doi:10.1175/BAMS-90-8-StateoftheClimate (Website) (PDF)
    4. Walker, D.A., Bhatt, U.S., Raynolds, M.K., Comiso, J.C., Epstein, H.E., Jia, G.J., Pinzon, J.E., Tucker, C.J. 2009. Vegetation. In: J. Richter-Menge, M.O. Jeffries and J.E. Overland (eds.), Arctic Report Card 2008. NOAA Arctic Research Program. (Website) (PDF)
    5. Walker, D.A., Hamilton, T.D., Ping, C.-L., Daanen, R.P., Streever, W.W. 2009. Dalton Highway Field Trip Guide for the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost. Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. Fairbanks, AK. 9. 117 . (Print copy) (PDF)
    6. Walker, D.A., Leibman, M.O., Epstein, H.E., Forbes, B.C., Bhatt, U.S., Raynolds, M.K., Comiso, J., Gubarkov, A.A., Khomutov, A.V., Jia, G.J., Kaarlejärvi, E., Kaplan, J.O., Kumpula, T., Kuss, H.P., Matyshak, G., Moskalenko, N.G., Orechov, P., Romanovsky, V.E., Ukraientseva, N.K., Yu, Q. 2009. Spatial and temporal patterns of greenness on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia: interactions of ecological and social factors affecting the Arctic normalized difference vegetation index. Environmental Research Letters, 4:16. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045004 (PDF)
  1. 2008

    1. Comiso, J.C., Nishio, F. 2008. Trends in the sea ice cover using enhanced and compatible AMSR-E,SSM/I, and SMMR data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113:C02S07. doi:10.1029/2007JC004257 (PDF)
    2. Comiso, J.C., Parkinson, C.L., Gersten, R., Stock, L. 2008. Accelerated decline in the Arctic sea ice cover. Geophysical Research Letters, 35:L01703. doi:10.1029/2007GL031972 (Abstract) (PDF)
    3. Cook, B., Bonan, G., Levis, S., Epstein, H. 2008. Rapid vegetation responses and feedbacks amplify climate model response to snow cover changes. Climate Dynamics, 30(4):391-406. doi:10.1007/s00382-007-0296-z (PDF)
    4. Cook, B.I., Bonan, G.B., Levis, S., Epstein, H.E. 2008. The thermoinsulation effect of snow cover within a climate model. Climate Dynamics, 31(1):107-124. doi:10.1007/s00382-007-0341-y (PDF)
    5. Epstein, H.E., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Jia, G.J., Kelley, A.M. 2008. Phytomass patterns across a temperature gradient of the North American arctic tundra. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 113:1-11. (Permanent link) (PDF)
    6. Kade, A., Walker, D.A. 2008. Experimental alteration of vegetation on nonsorted circles: effects on cryogenic activity and implications for climate change in the Arctic. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 40(1):96-103. doi:10.1657/1523-0430(06-029)[KADE]2.0.CO;2 (Abstract) (PDF)
    7. Ping, C.-L., Michaelson, G.J., Jorgenson, M.T., Kimble, J.M., Epstein, H., Romanovsky, V.E., Walker, D.A. 2008. High stocks of soil organic carbon in North American Arctic region. Nature Geoscience, 1:615-619. doi:10.1038/ngeo284 (Abstract) (PDF)
    8. Raynolds, M.K., Comiso, J.C., Walker, D.A., Verbyla, D. 2008. Relationship between satellite-derived land surface temperatures, arctic vegetation types, and NDVI. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(4):1884-1894. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.008 (PDF)
    9. Raynolds, M.K., Walker, D.A., Munger, C.A., Vonlanthen, C.M., Kade, A.N. 2008. A map analysis of patterned-ground along a North American Arctic Transect. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 113:1-18. doi:10.1029/2007JG000512 (Abstract) (PDF)
    10. Vonlanthen, C.M., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Kade, A., Kuss, H.P., Daniëls, F.J.A., Matveyeva, N.V. 2008. Patterned-ground plant communities along a bioclimate gradient in the High Arctic, Canada. Phytocoenologia, 38:23-63. doi:10.1127/0340-269X/2008/0038-0023 (Abstract) (PDF)
    11. Walker, D.A., Epstein, H.E., Romanovsky, V.E., Ping, C.L., Michaelson, G.J., Daanen, R.P., Shur, Y., Peterson, R.A., Krantz, W.B., Raynolds, M.K., Gould, W.A., Gonzalez, G., Nicolsky, D.J., Vonlanthen, C.M., Kade, A.N., Kuss, P., Kelley, A.M., Munger, C.A., Tarnocai, C.T., Matveyeva, N.V., Daniëls, F.J.A. 2008. Arctic patterned-ground ecosystems: A synthesis of field studies and models along a North American Arctic Transect. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 113:G03S01. doi:10.1029/2007JG000504 (PDF)
    12. Walker, D.A., Epstein, H.E., Welker, J.M. 2008. Introduction to special section on Biocomplexity of Arctic Tundra Ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 113:G03S00. doi:10.1029/2008JG000740 (PDF)
    13. Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Gould, W.A. 2008. Fred Daniëls, Subzone A, and the North American Arctic Transect. Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde, 70:(3/4):387-400. (PDF)
  1. 2007

    1. Cook, B.I., Bonan, G.B., Levis, S., Epstein, H.E. 2007. Dynamic vegetation amplifies climate model response to snow cover changes. Climate Dynamics .
    2. Epstein, H.E., Yu, Q., Kaplan, J.O., Lischke, H. 2007. Simulating future changes in arctic and subarctic vegetation. Computing in Science and Engineering, 9(4):12-23. doi:10.1109/MCSE.2007.84 (PDF)
    3. Munger, C.A. 2007. Spatial and temporal patterns of vegetation, terrain, and greenness in the Toolik Lake and Upper Kuparuk River region. M.S. Thesis. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 69 pp. (PDF)
    4. Raynolds, M.K. 2007. Arctic vegetation: its distribution and characteristics. Presented at GLOBE. Fairbanks, AK March 23.
    5. van Bogaert, R., Walker, D.A., Jia, G.J., Grau, O., Hallinger, M., De Dapper, M., Jonasson, C. and Callaghan, T.V. 2007. Recent changes in vegetation. In: J. Richter-Menge, M.O. Jeffries and J.E. Overland (eds.), Arctic Report Card 2007. NOAA Arctic Research Program. (Website) (PDF)
  1. 2006

    1. Jia, G.J., Epstein, H.E., Walker, D.A. 2006. Spatial heterogeneity of tundra vegetation response to recent temperature changes. Global Change Biology, 12:42-55. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.01079.x (PDF)
    2. Raynolds, M.K., Walker, D.A. 2006. Satellite land surface temperatures and tundra vegetation. Presented at Arctic Science Conference, Arctic AAAS Division Meeting. Fairbanks, AK October 2-4.
    3. Raynolds, M.K., Walker, D.A., Maier, H.A. 2006. NDVI patterns and phytomass distribution in the circumpolar Arctic. Remote Sensing of Environment, 102:271-281. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.02.016 (PDF)
    4. Richter-Menge, J., Overland, J., Proshutinsky, A., Romanovsky, V., Bengtsson, L., Brigham, L., Dyurgerov, M., Gascard, J.C., Gerland, S., Graversen, R., Hass, C., Karcher, M., Kuhry, P., Maslanik, J., Melling, H., Maslowski, W., Morison, J., Perovich, D., Przybylak, R., Rachold, V., Rigor, I., Shiklomanov, A., Stroeve, J., Walker, D., Walsh, J. 2006. State of the Arctic Report. NOAA/OAR/PMEL. Seattle, WA. NOAA OAR Special Report(2952). 36 . (State of the Arctic) (PDF)
  1. 2005

    1. Walker, D.A. 2005. Greening of the Arctic: Synthesis and models to examine pan-Arctic vegetation change: climate, sea-ice, and terrain linkages. Proposal to the National Science Foundation. (PDF)

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