Proximal remote sensing can bridge the gap between individual plants and landscape wide measurements, providing continuous data at a high-spatiotemporal resolution, enabling us to address key ecological questions unanswerable from space-based observations alone.
A new paper summarizes methods, data sources and proximal remote applications. It gives guidance on best practices and valuable directions for future research.
Plants store little water compared to other pools, and the time it takes to return that water to the atmosphere is among the fastest components of the hydrologic cycle.
Plants store little water compared to other pools, and the time it takes to return that water to the atmosphere is among the fastest components of the hydrologic cycle.
Soil moisture limits the arctic carbon sink potential under climate change.
Soil moisture limits the arctic carbon sink potential under climate change.
Our results suggest that the expected increased CO2 sequestration arising from Arctic warming and the associated increase in growing season length may not materialize if tundra ecosystems are not able to continue sequestering CO2 later in the season.