Project Funding: 2008 - 2012

NRA: 2007 NASA: Carbon Cycle Science   

Funded by NASA

Abstract:
Our project is designed to quantify the climate impacts of a changing boreal fire regime by focusing on the use of satellite remote sensing, integrated with ecosystem models and field measurements, to: (i) quantify how tradeoffs associated with carbon and radiation fluxes vary with time since fire in boreal forest ecosystems (ii) capture synoptic scale vegetation responses to past disturbance between differing northern high latitude forests, (iii) address uncertainties in carbon and energy exchange and how these feedback to the climate system. We will make use of field measurements in interior Alaska and the Russian Far East (Chirskii region), augmented with additional observations, building upon our past work at these sites. We will also make use of a wide range of NASA satellite data products, augmented with additional observations and derived products as needed.

Publications:

Grosse, G., Goetz, S., McGuire, A. D., Romanovsky, V. E., Schuur, E. A. G. 2016. Changing permafrost in a warming world and feedbacks to the Earth system. Environmental Research Letters. 11(4), 040201. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/040201

Guay, K. C., Beck, P. S. A., Berner, L. T., Goetz, S. J., Baccini, A., Buermann, W. 2014. Vegetation productivity patterns at high northern latitudes: a multi-sensor satellite data assessment. Global Change Biology. 20(10), 3147-3158. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12647

Loranty, M. M., Berner, L. T., Goetz, S. J., Jin, Y., Randerson, J. T. 2013. Vegetation controls on northern high latitude snow-albedo feedback: observations and CMIP5 model simulations. Global Change Biology. 20(2), 594-606. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12391

Beck, P. S., Andreu-Hayles, L., D'Arrigo, R., Anchukaitis, K. J., Tucker, C. J., Pinzon, J. E., Goetz, S. J. 2013. A large-scale coherent signal of canopy status in maximum latewood density of tree rings at arctic treeline in North America. Global and Planetary Change. 100, 109-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.10.005

French, N. H. F., Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., Falkowski, M. J., Goetz, S. J., Jenkins, L. K., Camill III, P., Roesler, C. S., Brown, D. G. 2013. Remote Sensing for Mapping and Modeling of Land-Based Carbon Flux and Storage in: Land Use and the Carbon Cycle. Cambridge University Press, 95-143. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511894824.008

Kasischke, E. S., Amiro, B. D., Barger, N. N., French, N. H. F., Goetz, S. J., Grosse, G., Harmon, M. E., Hicke, J. A., Liu, S., Masek, J. G. 2013. Impacts of disturbance on the terrestrial carbon budget of North America. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 118(1), 303-316. DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20027

Pearson, R. G., Phillips, S. J., Loranty, M. M., Beck, P. S. A., Damoulas, T., Knight, S. J., Goetz, S. J. 2013. Shifts in Arctic vegetation and associated feedbacks under climate change. Nature Climate Change. 3(7), 673-677. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1858

Xu, L., Myneni, R. B., Chapin III, F. S., Callaghan, T. V., Pinzon, J. E., Tucker, C. J., Zhu, Z., Bi, J., Ciais, P., Tommervik, H., Euskirchen, E. S., Forbes, B. C., Piao, S. L., Anderson, B. T., Ganguly, S., Nemani, R. R., Goetz, S. J., Beck, P. S. A., Bunn, A. G., Cao, C., Stroeve, J. C. 2013. Temperature and vegetation seasonality diminishment over northern lands. Nature Climate Change. 3(6), 581-586. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1836

Zolkos, S. G., Goetz, S. J., Dubayah, R. 2013. A meta-analysis of terrestrial aboveground biomass estimation using lidar remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment. 128, 289-298. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.10.017

Alexander, H. D., Mack, M. C., Goetz, S., Beck, P. S. A., Belshe, E. F. 2012. Implications of increased deciduous cover on stand structure and aboveground carbon pools of Alaskan boreal forests. Ecosphere. 3(5), art45. DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00364.1

Berner, L. T., Beck, P. S. A., Loranty, M. M., Alexander, H. D., Mack, M. C., Goetz, S. J. 2012. Cajander larch (<i>Larix cajanderi</i>) biomass distribution, fire regime and post-fire recovery in northeastern Siberia. Biogeosciences. 9(10), 3943-3959. DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-3943-2012

Andreu-Hayles, L., D'Arrigo, R., Anchukaitis, K. J., Beck, P. S. A., Frank, D., Goetz, S. 2011. Varying boreal forest response to Arctic environmental change at the Firth River, Alaska. Environmental Research Letters. 6(4), 045503. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/4/045503

Beck, P. S. A., Goetz, S. J. 2011. Satellite observations of high northern latitude vegetation productivity changes between 1982 and 2008: ecological variability and regional differences. Environmental Research Letters. 6(4), 045501. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/4/045501

Beck, P. S. A., Juday, G. P., Alix, C., Barber, V. A., Winslow, S. E., Sousa, E. E., Heiser, P., Herriges, J. D., Goetz, S. J. 2011. Changes in forest productivity across Alaska consistent with biome shift. Ecology Letters. 14(4), 373-379. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01598.x

BECK, P. S. A., GOETZ, S. J., MACK, M. C., ALEXANDER, H. D., JIN, Y., RANDERSON, J. T., LORANTY, M. M. 2011. The impacts and implications of an intensifying fire regime on Alaskan boreal forest composition and albedo. Global Change Biology. 17(9), 2853-2866. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02412.x

Beck, P. S. A., Horning, N., Goetz, S. J., Loranty, M. M., Tape, K. D. 2018. Shrub Cover on the North Slope of Alaska: a circa 2000 Baseline Map. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 43(3), 355-363. DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.3.355

Berner, L. T., Beck, P. S. A., Bunn, A. G., Lloyd, A. H., Goetz, S. J. 2011. High-latitude tree growth and satellite vegetation indices: Correlations and trends in Russia and Canada (1982-2008). Journal of Geophysical Research. 116(G1). DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001475

Epstein, H. E., D. A. Walker, U.S. Bhatt, P. Bienek, J. Comiso, J. Pinzon, M. K. Raynolds, C. J. Tucker, G. J. Jia, H. Zeng, I. H. Myers-Smith, B. C. Forbes, D. Blok, M. M. Loranty, P. S. A. Beck, S. J. Goetz, T. V. Callaghan, G. H. R. Henry, C. E. Tweedie, P. J. Webber, A. V. Rocha, G. R. Shaver, J. M. Welker (2012). Vegetation [in Arctic Report Card 2012] http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard.

Goetz, S. J. (2009). Thawing, browning, burning-the boreal forest of the 21st century (book review). Ecology 90:20-21.

Goetz, S. J., Baccini, A., Laporte, N. T., Johns, T., Walker, W., Kellndorfer, J., Houghton, R. A., Sun, M. 2009. Mapping and monitoring carbon stocks with satellite observations: a comparison of methods. Carbon Balance and Management. 4(1). DOI: 10.1186/1750-0680-4-2

Goetz, S. J., Sun, M., Baccini, A., Beck, P. S. A. 2010. Synergistic use of spaceborne lidar and optical imagery for assessing forest disturbance: An Alaska case study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 115(G2). DOI: 10.1029/2008JG000898

2011. Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate. Springer Netherlands. DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9118-5

Jin, Y., Randerson, J. T., Goetz, S. J., Beck, P. S. A., Loranty, M. M., Goulden, M. L. 2012. The influence of burn severity on postfire vegetation recovery and albedo change during early succession in North American boreal forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 117(G1). DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001886

Loranty, M. M., Goetz, S. J., Beck, P. S. A. 2011. Tundra vegetation effects on pan-Arctic albedo. Environmental Research Letters. 6(2), 024014. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/2/024014

Loranty, M. M., Goetz, S. J., Rastetter, E. B., Rocha, A. V., Shaver, G. R., Humphreys, E. R., Lafleur, P. M. 2010. Scaling an Instantaneous Model of Tundra NEE to the Arctic Landscape. Ecosystems. 14(1), 76-93. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9396-4

Houghton, R. A., Hall, F., Goetz, S. J. 2009. Importance of biomass in the global carbon cycle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 114(G2). DOI: 10.1029/2009JG000935

Houghton, R. A., Goetz, S. J. 2011. New Satellites Help Quantify Carbon Sources and Sinks. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 89(43), 417-418. DOI: 10.1029/2008EO430001

Johnstone, J., Boby, L., Tissier, E., Mack, M., Verbyla, D., Walker, X. 2009. Postfire seed rain of black spruce, a semiserotinous conifer, in forests of interior Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 39(8), 1575-1588. DOI: 10.1139/X09-068

Le Quere, C., Raupach, M. R., Canadell, J. G., Marland, G., Bopp, L., Ciais, P., Conway, T. J., Doney, S. C., Feely, R. A., Foster, P., Friedlingstein, P., Gurney, K., Houghton, R. A., House, J. I., Huntingford, C., Levy, P. E., Lomas, M. R., Majkut, J., Metzl, N., Ometto, J. P., Peters, G. P., Prentice, I. C., Randerson, J. T., Running, S. W., Sarmiento, J. L., Schuster, U., Sitch, S., Takahashi, T., Viovy, N., van der Werf, G. R., Woodward, F. I. 2009. Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide. Nature Geoscience. 2(12), 831-836. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo689

Mack, M. C., Treseder, K. K., Manies, K. L., Harden, J. W., Schuur, E. A. G., Vogel, J. G., Randerson, J. T., Chapin, F. S. 2008. Recovery of Aboveground Plant Biomass and Productivity After Fire in Mesic and Dry Black Spruce Forests of Interior Alaska. Ecosystems. 11(2), 209-225. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-007-9117-9

2015 NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop Poster(s)

• Terrestrial Ecosystem, Carbon Cycle, Landuse Landcover Change, Biodiversity (TECLUB) Measurement Requirements for the Next Decade   --   (Forrest G Hall, Scott J Goetz)   [abstract]

2011 NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop Poster(s)

• Effects of stand age and tree density on carbon accumulation patterns during post-fire succession in Cajander larch (Larix cajanderi) forests   --   (Heather D. Alexander, Michelle C. Mack, Scott J. Goetz, Michael Loranty, Kamala Earl, Pieter S.A. Beck, Sergey Zimov, Sergey Davydov, Catharine C. Thompson)   [abstract]
• Patterns in Alaskan boreal forest productivity and composition - precursors of a biome shift?   --   (Pieter S. A. Beck, Scott J. Goetz, Heather Dawn Alexander, Michelle Cailin Mack, James T. Randerson, Glenn Juday, Yufang Jin, Michael Loranty)   [abstract]
• Changes in albedo and surface energy budgets associated with high-latitude vegetation dynamics   --   (Michael Loranty, Pieter Beck, Scott J. Goetz, Yufang Jin, James T. Randerson, Michelle Cailin Mack, Heather Dawn Alexander)   [abstract]
• Changing disturbance regimes and carbon cycle feedbacks to climate in a warming arctic   --   (Michelle Cailin Mack, Heather Dawn Alexander, Jill Francis Johnstone, Marion Syndonia Bret-Harte)   [abstract]

2008 NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop Posters

• Ecosystem Responses to Recent Climate Change and Fire Disturbance at Northern High Latitudes   --   (Scott Goetz, Michelle Mack, Kevin Gurney, James T Randerson)   [abstract]

More details may be found in the following project profile(s):

• North American Carbon Program (NACP) Project Profile