TY - JOUR
T1 - Using phenocams to monitor our changing earth
T2 - Toward a global phenocam network
AU - Brown, Tim B.
AU - Hultine, Kevin R.
AU - Steltzer, Heidi
AU - Denny, Ellen G.
AU - Denslow, Michael W.
AU - Granados, Joel
AU - Henderson, Sandra
AU - Moore, David
AU - Nagai, Shin
AU - Sanclements, Michael
AU - Sánchez-Azofeifa, Arturo
AU - Sonnentag, Oliver
AU - Tazik, David
AU - Richardson, Andrew D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Ecological Society of America.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Rapid changes to the biosphere are altering ecological processes worldwide. Developing informed policies for mitigating the impacts of environmental change requires an exponential increase in the quantity, diversity, and resolution of field-collected data, which, in turn, necessitates greater reliance on innovative technologies to monitor ecological processes across local to global scales. Automated digital time-lapse cameras - "phenocams" - can monitor vegetation status and environmental changes over long periods of time. Phenocams are ideal for documenting changes in phenology, snow cover, fire frequency, and other disturbance events. However, effective monitoring of global environmental change with phenocams requires adoption of data standards. New continental-scale ecological research networks, such as the US National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and the European Union's Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS), can serve as templates for developing rigorous data standards and extending the utility of phenocam data through standardized ground-truthing. Open-source tools for analysis, visualization, and collaboration will make phenocam data more widely usable.
AB - Rapid changes to the biosphere are altering ecological processes worldwide. Developing informed policies for mitigating the impacts of environmental change requires an exponential increase in the quantity, diversity, and resolution of field-collected data, which, in turn, necessitates greater reliance on innovative technologies to monitor ecological processes across local to global scales. Automated digital time-lapse cameras - "phenocams" - can monitor vegetation status and environmental changes over long periods of time. Phenocams are ideal for documenting changes in phenology, snow cover, fire frequency, and other disturbance events. However, effective monitoring of global environmental change with phenocams requires adoption of data standards. New continental-scale ecological research networks, such as the US National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and the European Union's Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS), can serve as templates for developing rigorous data standards and extending the utility of phenocam data through standardized ground-truthing. Open-source tools for analysis, visualization, and collaboration will make phenocam data more widely usable.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84959314637&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/fee.1222
DO - 10.1002/fee.1222
M3 - Review article
SN - 1540-9295
VL - 14
SP - 84
EP - 93
JO - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
JF - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
IS - 2
ER -