NDLI: Impact of urban sprawl on net primary productivity in the Southeastern United States

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Milesi, C. Elvidge, C.D. Nemani, R.R. Running, S.W.
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, Montana Univ., Missoula, MT, USA (Milesi, C.)
Abstract	The Southeastern United States has undergone one of the highest rates of landscape changes in the country, as a result of changing demographics and land use practices over the last few decades. Here, we propose a remote sensing based methodology to estimate regional impacts of land development on ecosystem resources. As an indicator of ecosystem functioning we chose net primary productivity (NPP), which is routinely estimated from the MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data. We combined a potential natural vegetation map, a current LANDSAT-based land cover map, nighttime data derived from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program's Operational Linescan System (DMSP/OLS) combined in a geographic information system. We compared the effects of historical and recent land cover changes on NPP. The analysis indicates that 80% of the original land cover of the region has undergone changes that resulted in an annual reduction in NPP of 9%. In 1992, urban areas amounted to only 4% of the total surface in the region, but they appear to be responsible for most of the landscape fragmentation. Estimates based on nightlights data between 1992-93 and 2000 showed developed area increased by another 0.5%, contributing to a further reduction in annual NPP. The combination of MODIS products like NPP with nighttime data could provide rapid assessment of land cover changes and their impacts on regional ecosystem resources.
Sponsorship	IEEE IEEE Geosci. & Remote Sensing Soc. Canadian Remote Sensing Soc. Univ. Waterloo Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Environ. Canada NASA Nat. Oceanic & Atmos. Adm. (NOAA) Office of Naval Res.(ONR) Nat. Space Dev. Agency of Japan (NASDA) Nat. Polar-orbiting Environ. Satellite Syst. (NPOESS)
Starting Page	2971
Ending Page	2973
File Size	283488
Page Count	3
File Format	PDF
ISBN	078037536X
DOI	10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026839
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2002-06-24
Publisher Place	Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Productivity Ecosystems MODIS Remote sensing Satellites Demography Vegetation mapping Meteorology Geographic Information Systems Urban areas
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Estimation of vegetation net primary productivity of Beijing Yeyahu wetland based on remote sensing

Estimation of net primary productivity using multi-scale remote sensing data in Xuzhou, China

Estimating net primary productivity of terrestrial vegetation based on remote sensing: a case study in Inner Mongolia, China

Studies on urban areas extraction from landsat TM images

Urban sprawl pattern recognition using remote sensing and GIS - Case study Shiraz city, Iran

Monitoring of urban sprawl using remote sensing technology in the rapid urbanized region, China

Monitoring NPP changes in Changbai Mountain area, China with MODIS images

Remote Sensing and GIS techniques for forest resource monitoring and agriculture potentiality

Land use change on sloping areas in Phuket Province, Thailand

Impact of urban sprawl on net primary productivity in the Southeastern United States

Similar Documents

Estimation of vegetation net primary productivity of Beijing Yeyahu wetland based on remote sensing

Estimation of net primary productivity using multi-scale remote sensing data in Xuzhou, China

Estimating net primary productivity of terrestrial vegetation based on remote sensing: a case study in Inner Mongolia, China

Studies on urban areas extraction from landsat TM images

Urban sprawl pattern recognition using remote sensing and GIS - Case study Shiraz city, Iran

Monitoring of urban sprawl using remote sensing technology in the rapid urbanized region, China

Monitoring NPP changes in Changbai Mountain area, China with MODIS images

Remote Sensing and GIS techniques for forest resource monitoring and agriculture potentiality

Land use change on sloping areas in Phuket Province, Thailand

Impact of urban sprawl on net primary productivity in the Southeastern United States