Climate impacts from North American boreal forest fires
2026
van Gerrevink, Max J., Veraverbeke, Sander, Cooperdock, Sol, Potter, Stefano, Zhong, Qirui, Moubarak, Michael, Virkkala, Anna-Maria, Goetz, Scott J., Mack, Michelle C., Randerson, James T., Schutgens, Nick, Turetsky, Merritt R., van der Werf, Guido R., Rogers, Brendan M.
Radiative Forcing, Forests, Alpine/Tundra, Albedo , Vegetation Cover, Biomass Burning, Surface Temperature , Precipitation Amount, Fire Dynamics, Fire Occurrence, Carbon , Burned Area, Biomass, Soil Moisture/Water Content , Topographic Effects, Emissions, Carbon , Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Reflectance , Dominant Species, Respiration Rate, Carbon Flux , Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Soil Respiration, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Anisotropy
Exploring the potential of Harmonized Landsat-Sentinel-2 in predicting boreal forest structure from UAV-LiDAR data in Northwestern America
2026
Enguehard, Lea, Kruse, Stefan, Hansch, Ronny, Herzschuh, Ulrike, Panda, Santosh, Heim, Birgit
Vegetation Cover, Forests, Canopy Characteristics, Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Alpine/Tundra, Reflectance , Dominant Species, Plant Phenological Changes, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenology, Evergreen Vegetation, Vegetation Index
FRIDA-Clim v1. 0.1: a simple climate model with process-based carbon cycle used in the integrated assessment model FRIDAv2. 1
2026
Wells, Christopher D., Ramme, Lennart, Smith, Chris, Breier, Jannes, Muralidhar, Adakudlu, Li, Chao, Gjermundsen, Ada, Schoenberg, William Alexander, Blanz, Benjamin, Mauritzen, Cecilie
Forests, Plant Phenological Changes, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenology, Evergreen Vegetation, Vegetation Index
Glacial lakes and GLOFs in a warming Himalaya-Karakoram region: current understanding, challenges, and the way forward
2026
Rather, Abid Farooq, Ahmed, Rayees, Shamim, Taha, Farooq, Abrar, Mir, Riyaz A., Wani, Omar, Gulzar, Syed Hameem, Ahmed, Pervez
Glacial Lake Extent
Northward shift of boreal tree cover confirmed by satellite record
2026
Feng, Min, Sexton, Joseph O., Wang, Panshi, Montesano, Paul M., Calle, Leonardo, Carvalhais, Nuno, Poulter, Benjamin, Macander, Matthew J., Wulder, Michael A., Wooten, Margaret, Wagner, William, Elders, Akiko, Channan, Saurabh, Neigh, Christopher S. R.
Vegetation Cover, Forests, Canopy Characteristics
Exploring the determinants of the 2023 Quebec, Canada, mega-wildfire burn severity
2025
Mackey, Brendan, Bhatt, Tek Raj, Norman, Patrick, DellaSala, Dominick, Rogers, Brendan M., Hugh, Sonia
Vegetation Cover, Forests, Canopy Characteristics
Natural forests of the worlda 2020 baseline for deforestation and degradation monitoring
2025
Neumann, Maxim, Raichuk, Anton, Jiang, Yuchang, Rey, Melanie, Stanimirova, Radost, Sims, Michelle J., Carter, Sarah, Goldman, Elizabeth, Anderson, Keith, Poklukar, Petra, Tarrio, Katelyn, Lesiv, Myroslava, Fritz, Steffen, Clinton, Nicholas, Stanton, Charlotte, Morris, Dan, Purves, Drew
Vegetation Cover, Forests, Canopy Characteristics, Biomass, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Russian forests show strong potential for young forest growth
2025
Neigh, Christopher S. R., Montesano, Paul M., Sexton, Joseph O., Wooten, Margaret, Wagner, William, Feng, Min, Carvalhais, Nuno, Calle, Leonardo, Carroll, Mark L.
Vegetation Cover, Forests, Canopy Characteristics
A shift in transitional forests of the North American boreal will persist through 2100
2024
Montesano, Paul M., Frost, Melanie, Li, Jian, Carroll, Mark, Neigh, Christopher S. R., Macander, Matthew J., Sexton, Joseph O., Frost, Gerald V.
Vegetation Cover, Forests, Canopy Characteristics
Annual and Seasonal Patterns of Burned Area Products in Arctic-Boreal North America and Russia for 20012020
2024
Clelland, Andrew A., Marshall, Gareth J., Baxter, Robert, Potter, Stefano, Talucci, Anna C., Rady, Joshua M., Genet, Helene, Rogers, Brendan M., Natali, Susan M.
Reflectance , Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties , Land Surface Temperature , THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires , Burned Area, Emissions, Forests, Carbon , Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Reforestation, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides , Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Nitrogen Oxides , Sulfur Dioxide , Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Fire Dynamics, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Albedo
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier 1 forest biomass estimates from Earth Observation
2024
Hunka, Neha, Duncanson, Laura, Armston, John, Dubayah, Ralph, Healey, Sean P., Santoro, Maurizio, May, Paul, Araza, Arnan, Bourgoin, Clement, Montesano, Paul M., Neigh, Christopher S. R., Grantham, Hedley, Potapov, Peter, Turubanova, Svetlana, Tyukavina, Alexandra, Richter, Jessica, Harris, Nancy, Urbazaev, Mikhail, Pascual, Adrian, Suarez, Daniela Requena, Herold, Martin, Poulter, Benjamin, Wilson, Sylvia N., Grassi, Giacomo, Federici, Sandro, Sanz, Maria J., Melo, Joana
Terrestrial Ecosystems , LIDAR WAVEFORM, Biomass, Vegetation Cover, Forests, Canopy Characteristics, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
The ABoVE L-band and P-band airborne synthetic aperture radar surveys
2024
Miller, Charles E., Griffith, Peter C., Hoy, Elizabeth, Pinto, Naiara S., Lou, Yunling, Hensley, Scott, Chapman, Bruce D., Baltzer, Jennifer, Bakian-Dogaheh, Kazem, Bolton, W. Robert, Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura, Chen, Richard H., Choe, Byung-Hun, Clayton, Leah K., Douglas, Thomas A., French, Nancy, Holloway, Jean E., Hong, Gang, Huang, Lingcao, Iwahana, Go, Jenkins, Liza, Kimball, John S., Loboda, Tatiana, Mack, Michelle, Marsh, Philip, Michaelides, Roger J., Moghaddam, Mahta, Parsekian, Andrew, Schaefer, Kevin, Siqueira, Paul R., Singh, Debjani, Tabatabaeenejad, Alireza, Turetsky, Merritt, Touzi, Ridha, Wig, Elizabeth, Wilson, Cathy J., Wilson, Paul, Wullschleger, Stan D., Yi, Yonghong, Zebker, Howard A., Zhang, Yu, Zhao, Yuhuan, Goetz, Scott J.
Burned Area, Vegetation Species, Forests, Fire Occurrence, Soil Classification, Tree Rings, Soil Depth, Carbon , Topographic Effects, Terrain Elevation , Dew Point Temperature, Alpine/Tundra, Humidity , Active Layer, Soil Moisture/Water Content , Wind Speed , Wildfires , Vegetation Cover, Soil Temperature, Wind Direction, Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Dominant Species, Sensor Counts, Litter Characteristics, Organic Matter, Surface Roughness, Forest Fire Science, Biomass, Emissions, Lakes/Reservoirs , Rivers/Streams , Radar Backscatter, RADAR IMAGERY, Soil Texture, Cation Exchange Capacity, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Porosity, Permafrost , Aerosol Particle Properties, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Trace Gases/Trace Species , Flight Data Logs, SIGMA NAUGHT, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Rivers/Stream, Infrared Imagery, Lake/Pond, Surface Water Features
ABoVE: Characterization of Carbon Dynamics in Burned Forest Plots, NWT, Canada, 2014 Burned and Unburned Field Site Data, Noatak, Seward, and North Slope, AK, 2016-2018 ABoVE: Ecosystem Map, Great Slave Lake Area, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1997-2011 ABoVE LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V001 ABoVE: Burn Severity of Soil Organic Matter, Northwest Territories, Canada, 2014-2015 ABoVE: Active Layer and Soil Moisture Properties from AirMOSS P-band SAR in Alaska ABoVE: Wildfire Carbon Emissions and Burned Plot Characteristics, NWT, CA, 2014-2016 ABoVE: AirSWOT Radar, Orthomosaic, and Water Masks, Yukon Flats Basin, Alaska, 2015 ABoVE: Soil Moisture and Active Layer Thickness in Alaska and NWT, Canada, 2008-2020 ABoVE: Active Layer Soil Characterization of Permafrost Sites, Northern Alaska, 2018 AirMOSS: L2/3 Volumetric Soil Moisture Profiles Derived From Radar, 2012-2015 ABoVE: Post-Fire and Unburned Vegetation Community and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2018 ABoVE: Directory of Field Sites Associated with 2017 ABoVE Airborne Campaign Summary of the ABoVE L-band and P-band Airborne SAR Surveys, 2012-2022 ABoVE LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product V001 AirMOSS: L1 S-0 Polarimetric Data from AirMOSS P-band SAR, BERMS, Canada, 2012-2015 ABoVE: AirSWOT Water Masks from Color-Infrared Imagery over Alaska and Canada, 2017
Unraveling boreal forest composition and drivers across scales in eastern Siberia
2024
Enguehard, Lea, Kruse, Stefan, Heim, Birgit, Nitze, Ingmar, Falco, Nicola, Demir, Begum, Herzschuh, Ulrike
Vegetation Cover, Forests, Canopy Characteristics
Warming and disturbances affect Arctic-boreal vegetation resilience across northwestern North America
2024
Zhang, Yue, Wang, Jonathan A., Berner, Logan T., Goetz, Scott J., Zhao, Kaiguang, Liu, Yanlan
Vegetation Index , Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Terrain Elevation , Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM) , Topographical Relief Maps, Fire Occurrence, Emissions, Forests, Carbon , Burned Area, Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Vegetation Cover, Alpine/Tundra, Reflectance , Dominant Species, DISTURBANCE, Vegetation Cover
An integrated deep learning and object-based image analysis approach for mapping debris-covered glaciers
2023
Thomas, Daniel Jack, Robson, Benjamin Aubrey, Racoviteanu, Adina
Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM) , Glacial Lake Extent
Carbon emissions and radiative forcings from tundra wildfires in the YukonKuskokwim River Delta, Alaska
2023
Moubarak, Michael, Sistla, Seeta, Potter, Stefano, Natali, Susan M., Rogers, Brendan M.
Vegetation Cover, Forests, Biomass Burning, Surface Temperature , Precipitation Amount, Fire Dynamics, Fire Occurrence, Carbon , Burned Area, Biomass, Soil Moisture/Water Content , Topographic Effects, Emissions, Carbon , Biogeochemical Cycles , Wildfires , Fire Models, Organic Matter, Fire Disturbance, Soil Organic Carbon (SOC)
ABoVE: Synthesis of Burned and Unburned Forest Site Data, AK and Canada, 1983-2016 ABoVE: Burned Area, Depth, and Combustion for Alaska and Canada, 2001-2019 CARVE: Alaskan Fire Emissions Database (AKFED), 2001-2013 ABoVE: Ignitions, Burned Area, and Emissions of Fires in AK, YT, and NWT, 2001-2018
Burned area and carbon emissions across northwestern boreal North America from 20012019
2023
Potter, Stefano, Cooperdock, Sol, Veraverbeke, Sander, Walker, Xanthe, Mack, Michelle C., Goetz, Scott J., Baltzer, Jennifer, Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura, Burrell, Arden, Dieleman, Catherine, French, Nancy, Hantson, Stijn, Hoy, Elizabeth E., Jenkins, Liza, Johnstone, Jill F., Kane, Evan S., Natali, Susan M., Randerson, James T., Turetsky, Merritt R., Whitman, Ellen, Wiggins, Elizabeth, Rogers, Brendan M.
Reflectance , Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Fire Occurrence, Forest Fire Science, Burned Area, Aquatic Ecosystems, Terrestrial Ecosystems , Vegetation, Soils , Vegetation Cover, Forests, Biomass Burning, Surface Temperature , Precipitation Amount, Fire Dynamics, Carbon , Biomass, Soil Moisture/Water Content , Topographic Effects, Emissions, Carbon
Patterns of regional site index across a North American boreal forest gradient
2023
Montesano, Paul M, Neigh, Christopher S R, Macander, Matthew J, Wagner, William, Duncanson, Laura I, Wang, Panshi, Sexton, Joseph O, Miller, Charles E, Armstrong, Amanda H
Aquatic Ecosystems, Terrestrial Ecosystems , Vegetation, Soils , Vegetation Cover, Forests, Canopy Characteristics, Terrain Elevation , Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Sea Ice Elevation, VEGETATION HEIGHT
Landsat-and Sentinel-derived glacial lake dataset in the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor from 1990 to 2020
2022
Lesi, Muchu, Nie, Yong, Shugar, Dan Hirsh, Wang, Jida, Deng, Qian, Chen, Huayong, Fan, Jianrong
Glacial Lake Extent
Satellite observations document trends consistent with a boreal forest
2022
Berner, Logan T., Goetz, Scott J.
Forests, Plant Phenological Changes, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenology, Evergreen Vegetation, Vegetation Index, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure, Afforestation/Reforestation
Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990
2020
Shugar, Dan H., Burr, Aaron, Haritashya, Umesh K., Kargel, Jeffrey S., Watson, C. Scott, Kennedy, Maureen C., Bevington, Alexandre R., Betts, Richard A., Harrison, Stephan, Strattman, Katherine
Glacial Lake Extent