Evaluating MODIS data for mapping wildlife habitat distribution

Viña, Andrés; Bearer, Scott; Zhang, Hemin; Ouyang, Zhiyun; Liu, Jianguo

doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.012

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“…MODIS-Terra data are available from March 2000, onwards, MODIS-Aqua data from July 2002, onwards, with twice-daily temporal resolution for both instruments, MODIS-Terra and MODIS-Aqua. MODIS data have been extensively used in continental-scale studies in a number of different research fields, like wildlife habitat distribution (NDVI [10]), habitat change monitoring (fraction of photosynthetically active radiation [11]) and land cover mapping (various MODIS products [12]). MODIS LST products are available with different spatial and temporal resolutions and always include daytime and nighttime land surface temperature layers.…”

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Surface Temperatures at the Continental Scale: Tracking Changes with Remote Sensing at Unprecedented Detail

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Abstract:Temperature is a main driver for most ecological processes, and temperature time series provide key environmental indicators for various applications and research fields. High spatial and temporal resolutions are crucial for detailed analyses in various fields of research. A disadvantage of temperature data obtained by satellites is the occurrence of gaps that must be reconstructed. Here, we present a new method to reconstruct high-resolution land surface temperature (LST) time series at the continental scale gaining 250-m spatial resolution and four daily values per pixel. Our method constitutes a unique new combination of weighted temporal averaging with statistical modeling and spatial interpolation. This newly developed reconstruction method has been applied to greater Europe, resulting in complete daily coverage for eleven years. To our knowledge, this new reconstructed LST time series exceeds the level of detail of comparable reconstructed LST datasets by several orders of magnitude. Studies on emerging diseases, parasite risk assessment and temperature anomalies can now be performed on the continental scale, maintaining high spatial and temporal detail. We illustrate a series of applications in this paper. Our dataset is available online for download as time aggregated derivatives for direct usage in GIS-based applications.

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Surface Temperatures at the Continental Scale: Tracking Changes with Remote Sensing at Unprecedented Detail

2014

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“…2). The reserve is a long-term study site for coupled human and natural systems research (Liu et al 1999, Linderman et al 2006, Viña et al 2008, Chen et al 2009, Yang et al 2015, and some results from the area have been applied at multiple local-to-international levels (Liu et al 2003, Xu et al 2006, Yu and Liu 2007, Bawa et al 2010, Bradbury et al 2014). …”

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“…The area is a coupled humannatural system with interactions between the natural environment and its approximately 5000 local residents (State Forestry Administration 2006), whose main livelihoods rely on crops, livestock, and collection of timber and nontimber forest products (Li et al 1992). Previous studies have focused on this area for research on coupled human-natural systems (Liu et al 1999, Linderman et al 2006, Viña et al 2008, Chen et al 2009, Yang et al 2015. Thanks to its wild natural environment and an active captive breeding center housing the largest population of giant pandas in the world (more than 200), the Wolong Nature Reserve has attracted a large number of tourists since the early 1980s (Liu et al 2015a,c).…”

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Telecoupling Toolbox: spatially explicit tools for studying telecoupled human and natural systems

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2017

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ABSTRACT. Telecoupling is a novel interdisciplinary umbrella concept that enables natural and social scientists to understand and generate information for managing how humans and nature can sustainably coexist worldwide. The telecoupling framework gains its distinction by enabling researchers to dive deeply into systemic complexities, even if systems are far away from each other. It is also ambitious in its aim to meet challenges unencumbered by disciplines. To understand the forces affecting sustainability across local to global scales, it is essential to build a comprehensive set of spatially explicit tools for describing and quantifying multiple reciprocal socioeconomic and environmental interactions over distances. We introduce the Telecoupling Toolbox, the first set of tools developed to map and identify the five major interrelated components of the telecoupling framework: systems, flows, agents, causes, and effects. The modular design of the toolbox allows the integration of existing tools and software to assess synergies and trade-offs associated with policies and other local to global interventions. We show applications of the toolbox by using two representative telecoupling case studies that address a variety of socioeconomic and environmental issues. The results suggest that the toolbox can systematically map and quantify multiple telecouplings under various contexts while providing users with an easy-to-use interface. It is our hope that the innovative, free, and open-source toolbox can provide a useful platform to address globally important issues, such as land use and land cover change, species invasion, migration, flows of ecosystem services, and trade of goods and products.

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“…Wolong also encompasses approximately 5000 local residents (mostly farmers) (State Forestry Administration 2006) who grow crops, raise livestock, and collect timber and nontimber forest products (Li et al 1992). It is a long-term study site for coupled human and natural systems research (e.g., Liu et al 1999, Linderman et al 2006, Viña et al 2008, Chen et al 2009b, Chen et al 2010, Yang et al 2015 and many results and methods from the study site have been applied at regional, national, and international levels (e.g., Liu et al 2003a, Xu et al 2006, Yu and Liu 2007, Bawa et al 2010, Bradbury et al 2014). Here we analyze major components of several telecoupling processes: panda loans, tourism, information dissemination, conservation subsidies, and trade of agricultural and industrial products (Fig.…”

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Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships

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ABSTRACT. Increasingly, the world is becoming socioeconomically and environmentally connected, but many studies have focused on human-environment interactions within a particular area. Although some studies have considered the impacts of external factors, there is little research on multiple reciprocal socioeconomic and environmental interactions between a focal area and other areas. Here we address this important knowledge gap by applying the new integrated framework of telecouplings (socioeconomic and environmental interactions between two or more areas over distances). Results show that even a protected area -i.e., the Wolong Nature Reserve for giant pandas in southwest China -has multiple telecoupling processes with the rest of the world; these include panda loans, tourism, information dissemination, conservation subsidies, and trade of agricultural and industrial products. The telecoupling processes exhibit nonlinear patterns, they change over time, and they have varying socioeconomic and environmental effects across the world. We also find complex relationships among different telecouplings -e.g., amplification, offsetting, spatial overlaps -which cannot be detected by traditional separate studies. Such an integrated study leads to a more comprehensive understanding of distant human-environment interactions and has significant implications for global sustainability and human well-being.

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Evaluating MODIS data for mapping wildlife habitat distribution

Cited by 75 publications

References 44 publications

Surface Temperatures at the Continental Scale: Tracking Changes with Remote Sensing at Unprecedented Detail

Surface Temperatures at the Continental Scale: Tracking Changes with Remote Sensing at Unprecedented Detail

Telecoupling Toolbox: spatially explicit tools for studying telecoupled human and natural systems

Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships

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