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- Title
Reviews and syntheses: Recent advances in microwave remote sensing in support of terrestrial carbon cycle science in Arctic–boreal regions.
- Authors
Mavrovic, Alex; Sonnentag, Oliver; Lemmetyinen, Juha; Baltzer, Jennifer L.; Kinnard, Christophe; Roy, Alexandre
- Abstract
Spaceborne microwave remote sensing (300 MHz–100 GHz) provides a valuable method for characterizing environmental changes, especially in Arctic–boreal regions (ABRs) where ground observations are generally spatially and temporally scarce. Although direct measurements of carbon fluxes are not feasible, spaceborne microwave radiometers and radar can monitor various important surface and near-surface variables that affect terrestrial carbon cycle processes such as respiratory carbon dioxide (CO 2) fluxes; photosynthetic CO 2 uptake; and processes related to net methane (CH 4) exchange including CH 4 production, transport and consumption. Examples of such controls include soil moisture and temperature, surface freeze–thaw cycles, vegetation water storage, snowpack properties and land cover. Microwave remote sensing also provides a means for independent aboveground biomass estimates that can be used to estimate aboveground carbon stocks. The microwave data record spans multiple decades going back to the 1970s with frequent (daily to weekly) global coverage independent of atmospheric conditions and solar illumination. Collectively, these advantages hold substantial untapped potential to monitor and better understand carbon cycle processes across ABRs. Given rapid climate warming across ABRs and the associated carbon cycle feedbacks to the global climate system, this review argues for the importance of rapid integration of microwave information into ABR terrestrial carbon cycle science.
- Subjects
MICROWAVE remote sensing; CARBON cycle; GLOBAL warming; MICROWAVE radiometers; WEATHER; FREEZE-thaw cycles
- Publication
Biogeosciences, 2023, Vol 20, Issue 14, p2941
- ISSN
1726-4170
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/bg-20-2941-2023