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  1. Article ; Online: A 29-year time series of annual 300 m resolution plant-functional-type maps for climate models

    K. L. Harper / C. Lamarche / A. Hartley / P. Peylin / C. Ottlé / V. Bastrikov / R. San Martín / S. I. Bohnenstengel / G. Kirches / M. Boettcher / R. Shevchuk / C. Brockmann / P. Defourny

    Earth System Science Data, Vol 15, Pp 1465-

    2023  Volume 1499

    Abstract: The existing medium-resolution land cover time series produced under the European Space Agency's Climate Change Initiative provides 29 years (1992–2020) of annual land cover maps at 300 m resolution, allowing for a detailed study of land change dynamics ... ...

    Abstract The existing medium-resolution land cover time series produced under the European Space Agency's Climate Change Initiative provides 29 years (1992–2020) of annual land cover maps at 300 m resolution, allowing for a detailed study of land change dynamics over the contemporary era. Because models need two-dimensional parameters rather than two-dimensional land cover information, the land cover classes must be converted into model-appropriate plant functional types (PFTs) to apply this time series to Earth system and land surface models. The first-generation cross-walking table that was presented with the land cover product prescribed pixel-level PFT fractional compositions that varied by land cover class but that lacked spatial variability. Here we describe a new ready-to-use data product for climate modelling: spatially explicit annual maps of PFT fractional composition at 300 m resolution for 1992–2020, created by fusing the 300 m medium-resolution land cover product with several existing high-resolution datasets using a globally consistent method. In the resulting data product, which has 14 layers for each of the 29 years, pixel values at 300 m resolution indicate the percentage cover (0 %–100 %) for each of 14 PFTs, with pixel-level PFT composition exhibiting significant intra-class spatial variability at the global scale. We additionally present an updated version of the user tool that allows users to modify the baseline product (e.g. re-mapping, re-projection, PFT conversion, and spatial sub-setting) to meet individual needs. Finally, these new PFT maps have been used in two land surface models – Organising Carbon and Hydrology in Dynamic Ecosystems (ORCHIDEE) and the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) – to demonstrate their benefit over the conventional maps based on a generic cross-walking table. Regional changes in the fractions of trees, short vegetation, and bare-soil cover induce changes in surface properties, such as the albedo, leading to significant changes in surface turbulent fluxes, ...
    Keywords Environmental sciences ; GE1-350 ; Geology ; QE1-996.5
    Subject code 333
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Copernicus Publications
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article ; Online: Evaluation of MERIS products from Baltic Sea coastal waters rich in CDOM

    J. M. Beltrán-Abaunza / S. Kratzer / C. Brockmann

    Ocean Science, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 377-

    2014  Volume 396

    Abstract: In this study, retrievals of the medium resolution imaging spectrometer (MERIS) reflectances and water quality products using four different coastal processing algorithms freely available are assessed by comparison against sea-truthing data. The study is ...

    Abstract In this study, retrievals of the medium resolution imaging spectrometer (MERIS) reflectances and water quality products using four different coastal processing algorithms freely available are assessed by comparison against sea-truthing data. The study is based on a pair-wise comparison using processor-dependent quality flags for the retrieval of valid common macro-pixels. This assessment is required in order to ensure the reliability of monitoring systems based on MERIS data, such as the Swedish coastal and lake monitoring system ( http://vattenkvalitet.se ). The results show that the pre-processing with the Improved Contrast between Ocean and Land (ICOL) processor, correcting for adjacency effects, improves the retrieval of spectral reflectance for all processors. Therefore, it is recommended that the ICOL processor should be applied when Baltic coastal waters are investigated. Chlorophyll was retrieved best using the FUB (Free University of Berlin) processing algorithm, although overestimations in the range 18–26.5%, dependent on the compared pairs, were obtained. At low chlorophyll concentrations (< 2.5 mg m −3 ), data dispersion dominated in the retrievals with the MEGS (MERIS ground segment processor) processor. The lowest bias and data dispersion were obtained with MEGS for suspended particulate matter, for which overestimations in the range of 8–16% were found. Only the FUB retrieved CDOM (coloured dissolved organic matter) correlate with in situ values. However, a large systematic underestimation appears in the estimates that nevertheless may be corrected for by using a local correction factor. The MEGS has the potential to be used as an operational processing algorithm for the Himmerfjärden bay and adjacent areas, but it requires further improvement of the atmospheric correction for the blue bands and better definition at relatively low chlorophyll concentrations in the presence of high CDOM attenuation.
    Keywords Geography. Anthropology. Recreation ; G ; Environmental sciences ; GE1-350
    Subject code 333
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Copernicus Publications
    Document type Article ; Online
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  3. Article ; Online: Segmental differences of cervical spinal cord motion

    M. Hupp / K. Vallotton / C. Brockmann / S. Huwyler / J. Rosner / R. Sutter / M. Klarhoefer / P. Freund / M. Farshad / A. Curt

    Scientific Reports, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    advancing from confounders to a diagnostic tool

    2019  Volume 9

    Abstract: Abstract Increased cranio-caudal spinal cord motion is associated with clinical impairment in degenerative cervical myelopathy. However, whether spinal cord motion holds potential as a neuroimaging biomarker requires further validation. Different ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Increased cranio-caudal spinal cord motion is associated with clinical impairment in degenerative cervical myelopathy. However, whether spinal cord motion holds potential as a neuroimaging biomarker requires further validation. Different confounders (i.e. subject characteristics, methodological problems such as phase drift, etc.) on spinal cord motion readouts have to be considered. Twenty-two healthy subjects underwent phase contrast MRI, a subset of subjects (N = 9) had repeated scans. Parameters of interest included amplitude of velocity signal, maximum cranial respectively maximum caudal velocity, displacement (=area under curve of the velocity signal). The cervical spinal cord showed pulse synchronic oscillatory motions with significant differences in all readouts across cervical segments, with a maximum at C5. The Inter-rater reliability was excellent for all readouts. The test-retest reliability was excellent for all parameters at C2 to C6, but not for maximum cranial velocity at C6 and all readouts at C7. Spinal cord motion was correlated with spinal canal size, heart rate and body size. This is the first study to propose a standardized MRI measurement of spinal cord motion for further clinical implementation based on satisfactory phase drift correction and excellent reliability. Understanding the influence of confounders (e.g. structural conditions of the spine) is essential for introducing cord motion into the diagnostic work up.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Publishing Group
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  4. Article ; Online: On the reflectance spectroscopy of snow

    A. Kokhanovsky / M. Lamare / B. Di Mauro / G. Picard / L. Arnaud / M. Dumont / F. Tuzet / C. Brockmann / J. E. Box

    The Cryosphere, Vol 12, Pp 2371-

    2018  Volume 2382

    Abstract: We propose a system of analytical equations to retrieve snow grain size and absorption coefficient of pollutants from snow reflectance or snow albedo measurements in the visible and near-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, where snow single- ...

    Abstract We propose a system of analytical equations to retrieve snow grain size and absorption coefficient of pollutants from snow reflectance or snow albedo measurements in the visible and near-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, where snow single-scattering albedo is close to 1.0. It is assumed that ice grains and impurities (e.g., dust, black and brown carbon) are externally mixed, and that the snow layer is semi-infinite and vertically and horizontally homogeneous. The influence of close-packing effects on reflected light intensity are assumed to be small and ignored. The system of nonlinear equations is solved analytically under the assumption that impurities have the spectral absorption coefficient, which obey the Ångström power law, and the impurities influence the registered spectra only in the visible and not in the near infrared (and vice versa for ice grains). The theory is validated using spectral reflectance measurements and albedo of clean and polluted snow at various locations (Antarctica Dome C, European Alps). A technique to derive the snow albedo (plane and spherical) from reflectance measurements at a fixed observation geometry is proposed. The technique also enables the simulation of hyperspectral snow reflectance measurements in the broad spectral range from ultraviolet to the near infrared for a given snow surface if the actual measurements are performed at a restricted number of wavelengths (two to four, depending on the type of snow and the measurement system).
    Keywords Environmental sciences ; GE1-350 ; Geology ; QE1-996.5
    Subject code 551
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Copernicus Publications
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  5. Article: GRADHIST — A method for detection and analysis of oceanic fronts from remote sensing data

    Kirches, G / C. Brockmann / H. Klein / K. Stelzer / M. Paperin

    Remote sensing of environment. 2016 Aug., v. 181

    2016  

    Abstract: Oceanic shelf sea fronts have significant effects on local dynamics, ecology and climate. An assessment of the impact of climate change on frontal positions and frontal gradients requires reliable reference data and the possibility to monitor oceanic ... ...

    Abstract Oceanic shelf sea fronts have significant effects on local dynamics, ecology and climate. An assessment of the impact of climate change on frontal positions and frontal gradients requires reliable reference data and the possibility to monitor oceanic fronts. Therefore, the development of algorithms which automatically detect frontal positions from Earth Observation (EO) data is an important tool to analyse long EO time series, i.e. to process big data volumes. The development of GRADHIST was driven by the need to generate a climatology for North Sea fronts. GRADHIST is a new algorithm for the detection and mapping of oceanic fronts, which is based on a combination and refinement of the gradient algorithm of Canny (1986) and the histogram algorithm of Cayula and Cornillon (1992). GRADHIST preserves the main principles of both algorithms and can be applied to various ocean parameters as well as to different sensors with very little effort. GRADHIST was validated and tested using both synthetic and real data and applied to sea surface temperature and ocean colour parameters retrieved from satellite data; i.e. data from MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer), MERIS (MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer), AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) and AATSR (Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer). Selected results and statistical analysis of a new North Sea climatology for oceanic fronts are presented and discussed.
    Keywords algorithms ; climate ; climate change ; climatology ; color ; ecology ; image analysis ; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer ; remote sensing ; spatial data ; spectrometers ; statistical analysis ; surface water temperature ; time series analysis ; North Sea
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2016-08
    Size p. 264-280.
    Publishing place Elsevier Inc.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 431483-9
    ISSN 0034-4257
    ISSN 0034-4257
    DOI 10.1016/j.rse.2016.04.009
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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  6. Article ; Online: Ocean colour opportunities from Meteosat Second and Third Generation geostationary platforms

    E. J. Kwiatkowska / K. Ruddick / D. Ramon / Q. Vanhellemont / C. Brockmann / C. Lebreton / H. G. Bonekamp

    Ocean Science, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 703-

    2016  Volume 713

    Abstract: Ocean colour applications from medium-resolution polar-orbiting satellite sensors have now matured and evolved into operational services. These applications are enabled by the Sentinel-3 OLCI space sensors of the European Earth Observation Copernicus ... ...

    Abstract Ocean colour applications from medium-resolution polar-orbiting satellite sensors have now matured and evolved into operational services. These applications are enabled by the Sentinel-3 OLCI space sensors of the European Earth Observation Copernicus programme and the VIIRS sensors of the US Joint Polar Satellite System programme. Key drivers for the Copernicus ocean colour services are the national obligations of the EU member states to report on the quality of marine, coastal and inland waters for the EU Water Framework Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Further applications include CO 2 sequestration, carbon cycle and climate, fisheries and aquaculture management, near-real-time alerting to harmful algae blooms, environmental monitoring and forecasting, and assessment of sediment transport in coastal waters. Ocean colour data from polar-orbiting satellite platforms, however, suffer from fractional coverage, primarily due to clouds, and inadequate resolution of quickly varying processes. Ocean colour remote sensing from geostationary platforms can provide significant improvements in coverage and sampling frequency and support new applications and services. EUMETSAT's SEVIRI instrument on the geostationary Meteosat Second Generation platforms (MSG) is not designed to meet ocean colour mission requirements, however, it has been demonstrated to provide valuable contribution, particularly in combination with dedicated ocean colour polar observations. This paper describes the ongoing effort to develop operational ocean colour water turbidity and related products and user services from SEVIRI. SEVIRI's multi-temporal capabilities can benefit users requiring improved local-area coverage and frequent diurnal observations. A survey of user requirements and a study of technical capabilities and limitations of the SEVIRI instruments are the basis for this development and are described in this paper. The products will support monitoring of sediment transport, water clarity, and tidal dynamics by providing ...
    Keywords Geography. Anthropology. Recreation ; G ; Environmental sciences ; GE1-350
    Subject code 551
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Copernicus Publications
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  7. Article ; Online: Ocean colour products from geostationary platforms, opportunities with Meteosat Second and Third Generation

    E. J. Kwiatkowska / K. Ruddick / D. Ramon / Q. Vanhellemont / C. Brockmann / C. Lebreton / H. G. Bonekamp

    Ocean Science Discussions, Vol 12, Iss 6, Pp 3143-

    2015  Volume 3167

    Abstract: Ocean colour applications from medium-resolution polar-orbiting satellite sensors have now matured and evolved into operational services. The examples include the Sentinel-3 OLCI missions of the European Earth Observation Copernicus programme and the ... ...

    Abstract Ocean colour applications from medium-resolution polar-orbiting satellite sensors have now matured and evolved into operational services. The examples include the Sentinel-3 OLCI missions of the European Earth Observation Copernicus programme and the VIIRS missions of the US Joint Polar Satellite System programme. Key drivers for Copernicus ocean colour services are the national obligations of the EU member states to report on the quality of marine, coastal and inland waters for the EU Water Framework Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Further applications include CO 2 sequestration, carbon cycle and climate, fisheries and aquaculture management, near-real-time alerting to harmful algae blooms, environmental monitoring and forecasting, and assessment of sediment transport in coastal waters. Ocean colour data from polar-orbiting satellite platforms, however, suffer from fractional coverage, primarily due to clouds, and inadequate resolution of quickly varying processes. Ocean colour remote sensing from geostationary platforms can provide significant improvements in coverage and sampling frequency and support new applications and services. EUMETSAT's SEVIRI instrument on the geostationary Meteosat Second Generation platforms (MSG) is not designed to meet ocean colour mission requirements, however, it has been demonstrated to provide valuable contribution, particularly in combination with dedicated ocean colour polar observations. This paper describes the ongoing effort to develop operational ocean colour water turbidity and related products and user services from SEVIRI. A survey of user requirements and a study of technical capabilities and limitations of the SEVIRI instruments are the basis for this development and are described in this paper. The products will support monitoring of sediment transport, water clarity, and tidal dynamics. Further products and services are anticipated from EUMETSAT's FCI instruments on Meteosat Third Generation satellites (MTG), including potential chlorophyll a products.
    Keywords Geography. Anthropology. Recreation ; G ; Oceanography ; GC1-1581
    Subject code 551 ; 333
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Copernicus Publications
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  8. Article: Satellite remote sensing of phytoplankton phenology in Lake Balaton using 10years of MERIS observations

    Palmer, S.C.J / C. Brockmann / D. Odermatt / H. Balzter / M. Présing / P.D. Hunter / V.R. Tóth

    Remote sensing of environment. 2015 Mar. 01, v. 158

    2015  

    Abstract: Phytoplankton biomass is important to monitor in lakes due to its influence on water quality and lake productivity. Phytoplankton has also been identified as sensitive to environmental change, with shifts in the seasonality of blooms, or phenology, ... ...

    Abstract Phytoplankton biomass is important to monitor in lakes due to its influence on water quality and lake productivity. Phytoplankton has also been identified as sensitive to environmental change, with shifts in the seasonality of blooms, or phenology, resulting from changing temperature and nutrient conditions. A satellite remote sensing approach to retrieving and mapping freshwater phytoplankton phenology is demonstrated here in application to Lake Balaton, Hungary. Chlorophyll-a (chl-a) concentration mapping using Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) allows new insights into such spatiotemporal dynamics for Lake Balaton as bloom start, peak and end timing, duration, maximum chl-a concentrations, spatial extent, rates of increase and decrease, and bloom chl-a concentration integral. TIMESAT software is used to extract and map these phenology metrics. Three approaches to time series smoothing are compared and mapped metrics are evaluated in comparison with phenology metrics of in situ chl-a. The high degree of both spatial and temporal variability is highlighted and discussed, as are methodological limitations and correlation between phenology metrics. Both the feasibility of and novel insights permitted through such phenology mapping are demonstrated, and priority topics for future research are suggested.
    Keywords biomass ; chlorophyll ; computer software ; image analysis ; lakes ; phenology ; phytoplankton ; remote sensing ; satellites ; spectrometers ; temperature ; temporal variation ; time series analysis ; water quality ; Hungary
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2015-0301
    Size p. 441-452.
    Publishing place Elsevier Inc.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 431483-9
    ISSN 0034-4257
    ISSN 0034-4257
    DOI 10.1016/j.rse.2014.11.021
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  9. Article: Synergistic use of MERIS and AATSR as a proxy for estimating Land Surface Temperature from Sentinel-3 data

    Sobrino, J.A / A.B. Ruescas / C. Brockmann / C. Merchant / D. Ghent / F.-M. Göttsche / G. Sòria / J. Remedios / J.C. Jiménez-Muñoz / M. Berger / O. Danne / P. North / P.P. Mathieu

    Remote sensing of environment. 2016 June 15, v. 179

    2016  

    Abstract: Land Surface Temperature (LST) is one of the key parameters in the physics of land-surface processes on regional and global scales, combining the results of all surface-atmosphere interactions and energy fluxes between the surface and the atmosphere. ... ...

    Abstract Land Surface Temperature (LST) is one of the key parameters in the physics of land-surface processes on regional and global scales, combining the results of all surface-atmosphere interactions and energy fluxes between the surface and the atmosphere. With the advent of the ESA's Sentinel 3 (S3) satellite, accurate LST retrieval methodologies exploiting the synergy between OLCI and SLSTR instruments can be developed. In this paper we propose a candidate methodology for retrieving LST from data acquired with the forthcoming S3 instruments. The LST algorithm is based on the Split-Window (SW) technique with an explicit dependence on surface emissivity, in contrast to the AATSR level 2 algorithm with emissivity dependence embedded in the algorithm coefficients. Performance of the methodology is assessed by using MERIS/AATSR pairs (instruments with similar characteristics to OLCI and SLSTR, respectively). LST retrievals using different datasets of input emissivity are validated against in situ data measured along one year (2011) in five test sites and intercompared to the standard AATSR level 2 products. Validation results show that LST is retrieved with the proposed SW algorithm typically with RMSE below 2K, providing slightly better results than the AATSR level 2 product. The main advantage of the proposed algorithm is that it allows for improvements in input emissivities to be directly translated into improved LST retrievals.
    Keywords algorithms ; data collection ; energy flow ; remote sensing ; satellites ; surface temperature
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2016-0615
    Size p. 149-161.
    Publishing place Elsevier Inc.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 431483-9
    ISSN 0034-4257
    ISSN 0034-4257
    DOI 10.1016/j.rse.2016.03.035
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  10. Article ; Online: Plant functional type classification for Earth System Models

    B. Poulter / N. MacBean / A. Hartley / I. Khlystova / O. Arino / R. Betts / S. Bontemps / M. Boettcher / C. Brockmann / P. Defourny / S. Hagemann / M. Herold / G. Kirches / C. Lamarche / D. Lederer / C. Ottlé / M. Peters / P. Peylin

    Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 429-

    results from the European Space Agency's Land Cover Climate Change Initiative

    2015  Volume 462

    Abstract: Global land cover is a key variable in the earth system with feedbacks on climate, biodiversity and natural resources. However, global land-cover datasets presently fall short of user needs in providing detailed spatial and thematic information that is ... ...

    Abstract Global land cover is a key variable in the earth system with feedbacks on climate, biodiversity and natural resources. However, global land-cover datasets presently fall short of user needs in providing detailed spatial and thematic information that is consistently mapped over time and easily transferable to the requirements of earth system models. In 2009, the European Space Agency launched the Climate Change Initiative (CCI), with land cover (LC_CCI) as one of thirteen Essential Climate Variables targeted for research development. The LC_CCI was implemented in three phases, first responding to a survey of user needs, then developing a global, moderate resolution, land-cover dataset for three time periods, or epochs, 2000, 2005, and 2010, and the last phase resulting in a user-tool for converting land cover to plant functional type equivalents. Here we present the results of the LC_CCI project with a focus on the mapping approach used to convert the United Nations Land Cover Classification System to plant functional types (PFT). The translation was performed as part of consultative process among map producers and users and resulted in an open-source conversion tool. A comparison with existing PFT maps used by three-earth system modeling teams shows significant differences between the LC_CCI PFT dataset and those currently used in earth system models with likely consequences for modeling terrestrial biogeochemistry and land–atmosphere interactions. The LC_CCI tool is flexible for users to modify land cover to PFT conversions and will evolve as Phase 2 of the European Space Agency CCI program continues.
    Keywords Geology ; QE1-996.5 ; Science ; Q ; Geography (General) ; G1-922
    Subject code 910
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Copernicus Publications
    Document type Article ; Online
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