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This climate and vegetation index dataset was collected from readily available open source data, such as Landsat. The data represents points across the northern Colorado plateau. The vegetation type was defined based on U.S. Geological Survey ReGAP data. Using compositing techniques by season we developed a dataset of lag and legacy for each point. We could then look to understand how both lag and legacy impacted vegetation production across the time series. In this dataset we focus on the soil adjusted vegetation index (SAVI), the standardized precipitation and evapotranspiration index (SPEI), and precipitation. Included in this dataset are climate lags of 3,6,9 and 12 months. Additionally, the legacy construct...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Arches National Park,
Botany,
Bryce Canyon National Park,
Canyonlands National Park,
Capitol Reef National Park, All tags...
Climatology,
Colorado,
Colorado National Monument,
Colorado Plateau,
Dinosaur National Monument,
Drought,
Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather,
Ecology,
Geography,
Information Sciences,
National CASC,
Natural Bridges National Monument,
Northern Colorado Plateau,
Park Name,
Southwestern United States,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Utah,
Vegetation Type,
Water Resources,
Zion National Park, Fewer tags
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Abstract (from ScienceDirect): Climate change effects on vegetation will likely be strong in the southwestern U.S., which is projected to experience large increases in temperature and changes in precipitation. Plant communities in the southwestern U.S. may be particularly vulnerable to climate change as the productivity of many plant species is strongly water-limited. This study examines the relationship between climate and vegetation condition using a time-series of Landsat imagery across grassland, shrubland, and woodland communities on the Colorado Plateau, USA. We improve on poorly understood inter-annual climate-vegetation relationships by exploring how the responses of different plant communities depend on...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Climate change effects,
Colorado Plateau,
Drought,
Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather,
Ecological drought, All tags...
Landsat imagery,
National CASC,
Remote sensing,
Southwestern United States,
Vegetation, Fewer tags
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Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Drought,
Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather,
National CASC,
biomass,
climate change, All tags...
drought,
grassland,
net primary production,
remote sensing,
southwestern USA, Fewer tags
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Categories: Publication;
Tags: Climate change,
Drought,
Drought,
Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather,
Dryland, All tags...
Landsat remote sensing time series,
National CASC,
Net primary production,
Soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI),
Southwestern U.S.,
Standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI), Fewer tags
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This dataset was constructed from readily available open source climate and vegetation data, like Landsat. This dataset represents the vegetation and climate conditions for a large number of points across the major deserts of the SW USA. The dataset was constructed in order to use the climate pivot point approach (Munson et al. 2013) at the landscape level. Originally this dataset was much larger but we were looking to study a pure vegetation signal and therefore developed a detailed masking procedure to remove fire, slope, human, and floodplain effects. The vegetation classification originally came from SW regap, though we have refined / regrouped the data. The vegetation classification for each point is representative...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Arizona,
Botany,
California,
Chihuahuan,
Climate, All tags...
Climatology,
Colorado,
Colorado Plateau,
Drought,
Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather,
Ecology,
Ecoregion,
Geography,
Great Basin,
Information Sciences,
Mojave,
National CASC,
Nevada,
New Mexico,
Northern Colorado Plateau,
Pivot Point,
ReGAP vegetation classes,
SAVI,
SPEI,
Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index,
Sonoran,
Southern Colorado Plateau,
Southwestern United States,
Standardized Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Index,
Texas,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
United States,
Utah,
Vegetation Response,
Water Resources, Fewer tags
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