Satellite data products to support climate modelling: Phenology & Snow Cover
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Satellite data products to support climate modelling: Phenology & Snow CoverKristin Böttcher, Sari Metsämäki, Olli-Pekka Mattila, Mikko Kervinen, Mika Aurela, Saku Anttila
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Content• Introduction & objectives• Satellite time-series
• Vegetation indices• Snow cover
• Extraction of start of season from satellite time-series• In situ data• Comparison of satellite-derived indicators with in situ
dates• Maps for the start of season in Finland
• Summary & Outlook
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Introduction & objectives• Sparse observation network for validation of model results
• Need to generalize information provided by in situ sites
• Provide time-series of vegetation indices and snow cover for the evaluation of the performance of JSBACH model in the spatial domain
• Assessment of snow-related variables of JSBACH: comparison of model output and remote sensing data
• Definition of proxy indicators for ecosystem functioning (e.g. start of growing season) from remote sensing data
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Satellite time-series• Daily time-series of satellite-indices derived from Terra/
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) 2001-2010• Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), 250 m• Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI), 500 m• Snow Covered Area (SCA), 500 m
Snow cover and vegetation estimates
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NDVI obs. 2001-2008 from Paijanne and AgriAreas
NDVI
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Julian Date
SCA obs. 2001-2008 from Paijanne and AgriAreas
SCA
Extraction of time-series
Pre-processing,
Cloud maskingSat.Data
Time-series for different years
Pixel-based land use information
Fraction of coniferous forest (green),broadleaf deciduous forest (red), open bogs (blue)
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NDVI-Product (left) and NDWI-Product (right) 2007-06-08
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Snow Covered Area product for spring 201110.4.2011 16.4.2011 17.4.2011 19.4.2011
23.4.2011 24.4.2011 25.4.2011 8.5.2011 13.5.2011
30.3.2011
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Comparison of model output and RS data
nord_p2.shp
April 21, 2003
May 04, 2003
MODIS snow fraction JSBACH snow fraction
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Extraction of start of season• Spring phenology influences
terrestrial carbon balance (Richardson et al. 2010)
• In broadleaf forest the start of growing season is linked to development of leafs
• Photosynthetic recovery in evergreen coniferous forest occurs before canopy changes
• Aim to develop satellite-derived start of season indicator calibrated to in situ observations at CO2 flux measurement sites
Phenological stages of birch trees
budburst
Richardson et al.(2010). Influence of spring and autumn phenological transitions on forest ecosystem productivity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365, 3227-3246
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In situ observations• Reference dates for onset of
growing season for coniferous forest and wetland sites determined from CO2 flux measurements
• A fixed fraction of peak growing season gross primary production (GPP) was used as a threshold value for the growing season onset
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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Night-time respiration R
Daytime CO2 flux (=NEE)
GP=NEE-R
15% of the summer time maximum
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Sodankylä: Coniferous forest• Onset of growing season
in coniferous forest coincides with decrease of fractional snow cover and beginning of spring-rise of NDVI
(a) Mean Snow Covered Area and interpolated profile; (b) Snow depth measurement station Sodankylä; (c) Mean NDVI and smoothed profile; (d) Mean NDWI and linear interpolated profile.
Start of season 07.05.2010
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Kaamanen: Fen• NDWI minimum in spring corresponds to the vegetation state
before greening-up • actual greening-up may lag end of snow melt for a certain period
(Delbart et al. 2005)
(a) Mean value Snow Covered Area and interpolated profile; (b) Mean NDVI and interpolated profile; (c) Mean NDWI and linear interpolated profile.
Delbart, N. et al., 2005. Determination of phenological dates in boreal regions using normalized difference water index. Remote Sensing of Environment 97, 26-
38.
http://www.fluxdata.org:8080/SitePages/siteInfo.aspx?FI-Kaa
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Satellite-derived start of season• Comparison of satellite-derived start of growing
season for evergreen coniferous sites with in situ dates
FGS: Flux Growing Season. Doy: day of year.
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Maps of the start of growing season• Extraction of start of season based on NDVI and NDWI time-
series (Delbart et al. 2005) for pixels with dominance of coniferous forest and wetlands
• Aggregation of results for comparison with JSBACH land surface model-derived start of season
Delbart, N. et al., 2005. Determination of phenological dates in boreal regions using normalized difference water index. Remote Sensing of Environment 97, 26-
38.
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Summary• Harmonized MODIS time-series for describing the annual cycle
of vegetation and the evolution of snow cover during the melting period for comparison with model output
• Comparison of observed and modelled snow cover indicate delayed melting in the model
• Proxy indicator for the start of season of evergreen coniferous trees from MODIS time-series
• Different method needs to be applied for deciduous species
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Outlook• Comparison of satellite-derived and modelled start of season
• Length of season estimate from satellite time-series