Remote Sensing Phenology of Antarctic Green and Red Snow Algae Using WorldView Satellites

Remote Sensing Phenology of Antarctic Green and Red Snow Algae Using WorldView Satellites

Snow algae are an important group of terrestrial photosynthetic organisms in Antarctica, where they mostly grow in low lying coastal snow fields. Reliable observations of Antarctic snow algae are difficult owing to the transient nature of their blooms and the logistics involved to travel and work th...

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Main Authors: Andrew Gray, Monika Krolikowski, Peter Fretwell, Peter Convey, Lloyd S. Peck, Monika Mendelova, Alison G. Smith, Matthew P. Davey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
snow algae
Antarctica
remote sensing
snow
satellites
WorldView
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.671981/full

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