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Application of Empirical Land-Cover Changes to Construct Climate Change Scenarios in Federally Managed Lands

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Soulard, Christopher E.; Rigge, Matthew. 2020. "Application of Empirical Land-Cover Changes to Construct Climate Change Scenarios in Federally Managed Lands." Remote Sens. 12, no. 15: 2360. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12152360.

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Sagebrush-dominant ecosystems in the western United States are highly vulnerable to climatic variability. To understand how these ecosystems will respond under potential future conditions, we correlated changes in National Land Cover Dataset “Back-in-Time” fractional cover maps from 1985-2018 with Daymet climate data in three federally managed preserves in the sagebrush steppe ecosystem: Beaty Butte Herd Management Area, Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, and Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge. Future (2018 to 2050) abundance and distribution of vegetation cover were modeled at a 300-m resolution under a business-as-usual climate (BAU) scenario and a Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5 climate change scenario. Spatially [...]

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Northwest CASC

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citationTypeJournal Article
journalAdvancements in Remote Sensing of Land Surface Change

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