Using Information Theory to Determine Optimum Pixel Size and Shape for Ecological Studies: Aggregating Land Surface Characteristics in Arctic Ecosystems

No abstract is available for this paper.

• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Ecosystems

• Publication date

  2009-03-10

• Fields of study

  Mathematics, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1007/s10021-009-9243-7
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Information Theory and Statistics

  2011influential reference
• Local Indicators of Spatial Association—LISA

  2010cited by this paper
• Temperature and Microtopography Interact to Control Carbon Cycling in a High Arctic Fen

  2008cited by this paper
• Topographic controls on the leaf area index of a Fennoscandian tundra ecosystem

  2008cited by this paper
• Assessing the multi-resolution information content of remotely sensed variables and elevation for evapotranspiration in a tall-grass prairie environment

  2008cited by this paper
• Upscaling leaf area index in an Arctic landscape through multiscale observations

  2008cited by this paper
• ‘Breathing’ of the terrestrial biosphere: lessons learned from a global network of carbon dioxide flux measurement systems

  2008cited by this paper
• Land surface response to precipitation events using MODIS and NEXRAD data

  2008cited by this paper
• Assimilating canopy reflectance data into an ecosystem model with an Ensemble Kalman Filter

  2008cited by this paper
• Topographic controls on the leaf area index and plant functional type of a tundra ecosystem

  2008cited by this paper
• What is the relationship between changes in canopy leaf area and changes in photosynthetic CO2 flux in arctic ecosystems?

  2007cited by this paper
• Carbon cycle conundrums

  2007cited by this paper
• Robustness of terrestrial carbon and water cycle simulations against variations in spatial resolution

  2007cited by this paper
• Functional convergence in regulation of net CO2 flux in heterogeneous tundra landscapes in Alaska and Sweden

  2007cited by this paper
• A New Ecology: Systems Perspective

  2007cited by this paper
• ADAPTATIONS OF ARCTIC AND ALPINE PLANTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS *

  2007cited by this paper
• Contributions to accelerating atmospheric CO2 growth from economic activity, carbon intensity, and efficiency of natural sinks

  2007cited by this paper
• An evaluation of models for partitioning eddy covariance-measured net ecosystem exchange into photosynthesis and respiration

  2006cited by this paper
• An evaluation of methods for partitioning eddy covariance-measured net ecosystem exchange into photosynthesis and respiration

  2006cited by this paper
• On “Estimating carbon budgets for U.S. ecosystems”

  2006cited by this paper
• Voronoi Hierarchies

  2006cited by this paper
• Evaluation of remote sensing based terrestrial productivity from MODIS using regional tower eddy flux network observations

  2006cited by this paper
• A Mathematical Theory of Communication

  2006cited by this paper
• The impact of different gridding methods on catchment geomorphology and soil erosion over long timescales using a landscape evolution model

  2006cited by this paper
• Embedding landscape processes into triangulated terrain models

  2005cited by this paper
• OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING LEAF AREA INDEX IN LOW VEGETATION: APPLICATION IN ARCTIC ECOSYSTEMS

  2005influential reference
• An improved analysis of forest carbon dynamics using data assimilation

  2005cited by this paper
• On the effects of triangulated terrain resolution on distributed hydrologic model response

  2005cited by this paper
• Land‐cover mixing and spectral vegetation indices

  2005cited by this paper
• Tight coupling between leaf area index and foliage N content in arctic plant communities

  2004cited by this paper
• Thawing sub‐arctic permafrost: Effects on vegetation and methane emissions

  2004cited by this paper
• Generation of triangulated irregular networks based on hydrological similarity

  2004cited by this paper
• Catchment hydrologic response with a fully distributed triangulated irregular network model

  2004cited by this paper
• Hyperspectral vegetation indices and novel algorithms for predicting green LAI of crop canopies: Modeling and validation in the context of precision agriculture

  2004cited by this paper
• Principles of environmental physics

  2004cited by this paper
• Transcom 3 inversion intercomparison: Model mean results for the estimation of seasonal carbon sources and sinks

  2004cited by this paper
• Model selection and multimodel inference : a practical information-theoretic approach

  2003cited by this paper
• Quantifying Organization of Atmospheric Turbulent Eddy Motion Using Nonlinear Time Series Analysis

  2003cited by this paper
• Explicit representation of subgrid heterogeneity in a GCM land surface scheme

  2003cited by this paper
• Optimum pixel size for hyperspectral studies of ecosystem function in southern California chaparral and grassland

  2003cited by this paper
• Computer Vision — ECCV 2002

  2002cited by this paper
• Influence of spatial resolution on simulated streamflow in a macroscale hydrologic model

  2002cited by this paper
• Airborne multispectral data for quantifying leaf area index, nitrogen concentration, and photosynthetic efficiency in agriculture

  2002cited by this paper
• Texture Similarity Measure Using Kullback-Leibler Divergence between Gamma Distributions

  2002cited by this paper
• Impact of land use/land cover change on regional hydrometeorology in Amazonia

  2002influential reference
• Integrating remotely sensed images and areal census data for building new models across scales

  2002cited by this paper
• Remote sensing, GIS and modelling: assessing spatially distributed water, carbon, and nutrient balances in the Ammer river catchment in Southern Bavaria

  2001cited by this paper
• Quantifying the complexity in mapping energy inputs and hydrologic state variables into land‐surface fluxes

  2001cited by this paper
• Information Theory in Ecology

  2001influential reference
• PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF AN ARCTIC WATERSHED: AN UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS

  2001cited by this paper
• Aggregation of a nonlinear land surface model for heterogeneous terrain

  2001influential reference
• Ecosystem approaches to landscape management in Central Europe

  2001cited by this paper
• Evaluating the effects of subpixel heterogeneity on pixel average fluxes.

  2000influential reference
• RESPONSES IN MICROBES AND PLANTS TO CHANGED TEMPERATURE, NUTRIENT, AND LIGHT REGIMES IN THE ARCTIC

  1999cited by this paper
• Vegetation characteristics and primary productivity along an arctic transect: implications for scaling‐up

  1999cited by this paper
• Integrating hydrology, ecosystem dynamics, and biogeochemistry in complex landscapes

  1999cited by this paper
• Ecosystem studies, land-use change, and resource management

  1999influential reference
• On Information and Sufficiency

  1997cited by this paper
• Downscaling general circulation model output: a review of methods and limitations

  1997cited by this paper
• Estimation of global leaf area index and absorbed par using radiative transfer models

  1997cited by this paper
• NDVI, biomass, and landscape evolution of glaciated terrain in northern Alaska

  1995cited by this paper
• Leaf nitrogen, photosynthesis, conductance and transpiration : scaling from leaves to canopies

  1995cited by this paper
• An Intensive Comparison of Triangulated Irregular Networks (TINs) and Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)

  1994cited by this paper
• Aggregating Fine-Scale Ecological Knowledge to Model Coarser-Scale Attributes of Ecosystems.

  1992cited by this paper
• Global Change and the Carbon Balance of Arctic EcosystemsCarbon/nutrient interactions should act as major constraints on changes in global terrestrial carbon cycling

  1992cited by this paper
• Kinematic routing using finite elements on a triangular irregular network

  1991cited by this paper
• Forest ecosystem processes at the watershed scale: basis for distributed simulation

  1991cited by this paper
• Land Surface Hydrology Parameterization for Atmospheric General Circulation models Including Subgrid Scale Spatial Variability

  1989cited by this paper
• Stomatal Control of Transpiration: Scaling Up from Leaf to Region

  1986cited by this paper
• FACTORS LIMITING SEASONAL GROWTH AND PEAK BIOMASS ACCUMULATION IN ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM IN ALASKAN TUSSOCK TUNDRA

  1986cited by this paper
• Aggregation error in ecological models

  1979cited by this paper
• A physically based, variable contributing area model of basin hydrology

  1979cited by this paper
• A new look at the statistical model identification

  1974cited by this paper
• Adaptations of Arctic and Alpine Plants to Environmental Conditions

  1962cited by this paper
• A mathematical theory of communication

  1948cited by this paper

• Multi-Temporal and Multi-Resolution RGB UAV Surveys for Cost-Efficient Tree Species Mapping in an Afforestation Project

  2025cites this paper
• Sensitivity of urban structure-temperature relationships to grid parameterization

  2025cites this paper
• Integrating Characteristic Arctic Vegetation in a Land Surface Model Improves Representation of Carbon Dynamics Across a Tundra Landscape

  2025cites this paper
• Fusing multidimensional hierarchical information into finer spatial landscape metrics

  2021cites this paper
• Environmental land-cover classification for integrated watershed studies: Cape Bounty, Melville Island, Nunavut

  2020cites this paper
• Drone data reveal heterogeneity in tundra greenness and phenology not captured by satellites

  2020cites this paper
• Redefining droughts for the U.S. Corn Belt: The dominant role of atmospheric vapor pressure deficit over soil moisture in regulating stomatal behavior of Maize and Soybean

  2020cites this paper
• Complexity and trends analysis of hydrometeorological time series for a river streamflow: A case study of Songhua River Basin, China

  2018cites this paper
• Spatial variation and seasonal dynamics of leaf-area index in the arctic tundra-implications for linking ground observations and satellite images

  2017cites this paper
• Surface-atmosphere exchange in a box: Making the control volume a suitable representation for in-situ observations

  2017cites this paper
• The importance of urban areas within the global carbon cycle is reflected in recent research efforts focused on understanding and quantifying FFCO

  2017cites this paper
• Evaluating the Scale Effect of Soil Erosion Using Landscape Pattern Metrics and Information Entropy: A Case Study in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Area, China

  2017cites this paper
• Optimizing the Spatial Resolution for Urban CO2 Flux Studies Using the Shannon Entropy

  2017cites this paper
• Estimation of surface energy fluxes in the Arctic tundra using the remote sensing thermal-based Two-Source Energy Balance model

  2016cites this paper
• Identifying scale‐emergent, nonlinear, asynchronous processes of wetland methane exchange

  2016cites this paper
• Probabilistic Downscaling of Remote Sensing Data with Applications for Multi-Scale Biogeochemical Flux Modeling

  2015cites this paper
• Assessing Interactions Among Changing Climate, Management, and Disturbance in Forests: A Macrosystems Approach

  2015cites this paper
• Identifying african wild dog (Lycaon pictus) corridors outside Gonarezhou National Park and Save Valley Conservancy using maxent species distribution modeling

  2015cites this paper
• Scale interactions in high-latitude ecosystems

  2014cites this paper
• Mapping Biophysical Variables From Solar and Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing: Focus on Agricultural Landscapes With Spatial Heterogeneity

  2014cites this paper
• Spatial scale analysis of landscape processes for digital soil mapping in Ireland

  2013cites this paper
• Upscaling Tundra CO2 Exchange from Chamber to Eddy Covariance Tower

  2013cites this paper
• Vegetation-mediated feedback in water, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles

  2013cites this paper
• Statistical Mechanics and Information-Theoretic Perspectives on Complexity in the Earth System

  2013cites this paper
• Multiscale remote sensing of plant physiology and carbon uptake

  2012cites this paper
• Leaf area index for biomes of the Eastern Arc Mountains: Landsat and SPOT observations along precipitation and altitude gradients

  2012cites this paper
• A stochastic model for the polygonal tundra based on Poisson–Voronoi diagrams

  2012cites this paper
• Characterizing the multi–scale spatial structure of remotely sensed evapotranspiration with information theory

  2011cites this paper
• Monitoring Ecosystem Dynamics In An Arctic Tundra Ecosystem Using Hyperspectral Reflectance And A Robotic Tram System

  2011cites this paper
• Classification of Sweden's Forest and Alpine Vegetation Using Optical Satellite and Inventory Data

  2011cites this paper
• Multiscale soil carbon distribution in two Sub-Arctic landscapes

  2011cites this paper
• Determining the optimum cell size of digital elevation model for hydrologic application

  2011cites this paper
• Characterizing the multi-scale spatial structure of land-atmosphere interactions with information theory

  2011cites this paper
• Surface hydrology of an arctic ecosystem: Multiscale analysis of a flooding and draining experiment using spectral reflectance

  2011cites this paper
• Scaling an Instantaneous Model of Tundra NEE to the Arctic Landscape

  2010cites this paper
• A multiscale information theory approach to assess spatial-temporal variability of daily precipitation

  2010cites this paper
• Upscaling as ecological information transfer: a simple framework with application to Arctic ecosystem carbon exchange

  2009influential citation