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Uma S. Bhatt, [email protected] Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences,
U. Alaska Fairbanks
D.A. Walker, M.K. Raynolds, P. A. Bieniek, H. E. Epstein, J. C. Comiso, J. E. Pinzon, C. J.
Tucker, M. A. Steele, W. Ermold, & J. Zhang
Arctic Biomass Workshop
Fairbanks, Alaska, Tuesday September 2, 2014
• Warming has flattened out and NDVI is declining in spring and fall.
Inter- and intra-annual variability of NDVI and correlations to large-scale circulation patterns,
sea ice, snow and cloud cover
Tundra, Subzone A, Franz Josef Land Skip Walker, Dept. Biology UAF
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Mean MaxNDVI (82-10) linked to Mean Sea Ice
Main PanArctic hypothesis: Periods of reduced sea ice should correspond to warmer land temperatures and more rapid greening.
Mean MaxNDVI
[Bhatt et al. 2010]
80% of the Arctic tundra (3.2 million km2) < 100km from ocean
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Remote sensing data & methods • Data: 1982-2013 (32 yrs, weekly) • Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration (25km) • AVHRR Land Surface Temp. (25-km) SWI, [Comiso 2003] • Gimms NDVI 3g+ (Max and Integrated) (14-km) Version that is
corrected for Arctic, TI-NDVI [Pinzon et al. 2014]
• Divided Arctic Ocean (Treshnikov, 1985) to examine trends and variability in full tundra land domains • Reanalysis Sea Level Pressure • Globsnow
Russia
Alaska
Canada
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Trends 1982-2013 Open Water (May-Aug) magnitude change (%) Summer Warmth Index percent change (%)
More Open Water & Nearby Land Warms
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More warmth ==> Greener Arctic Tundra
MaxNDVI percent change (%) TI-NDVI percent change (%) Trends 1982-2013
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Summer Warmth increases have slowed!
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TI-NDVI increases have slowed!
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MaxNDVI increases continue!
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SWI 82-98 SWI 99-13
SWI declining over recent period!
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Summer Sea Level Pressure (SLP)
SLP change Long term average 1999-2011 vs 1982-1998 1982-2011
H L
L
L
below average
above average
Climatology [Bhatt et al. 2013]
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MaxNDVI 82-98 MaxNDVI 99-13
MaxNDVI trends stronger over recent period!
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TI-NDVI 99-13 TI-NDVI 82-98
TI-NDVI declining over recent period!
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Ts Spring/Fall warming & Mid-summer cooling 1982-2013
1982-98 1999-13
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MaxNDVI Spring/Fall decline & Peak increase 1982-2013
1982-98 1999-13
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Jun
1999-2013 1982-1998 Ju
l A
ug
SWI changing trends within
season
• Alaska • Taymyr • Canadian Arch. • July-August consistent with SLP trends
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Jun
1999-2013 1982-1998 Ju
l A
ug
TI-NDVI changing
trends within season
• June declines throughout domain • July increases stronger & declines stronger
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• Cooling in summer?
What could be affecting the trends?
• Clouds
• More clouds due to more moisture
• Declines of Biweekly MaxNDVI in spring & fall
• Delayed growing season start
• Snow!
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SWI-SLP correlations Jun-Aug:Large-scale
Arctic SWI 82-13
N.Hemisphere
Eurasia
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Summary • Moisture is likely important in this changing NDVI story. • Need good snow data • Large-scale climate
NH JJA SLP trends 82-13