Abrupt Change in Dryland Ecosystem Functioning: Recent Advances and Lessons Learnt from the U-TURN Project

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In the past five years, an international team has been working towards improved detection, characterization and modeling of abrupt changes in dryland ecosystem functioning, EF. This paper collects the recent advances and lessons learnt from the U-TURN project (Belspo SR/00/339, SR/00/366). Specifically abrupt changes in EF were mapped and categorized over global drylands; new 30m resolution time series of land cover maps and cover fractions were created, validated and released open access for the Sahel region; and new physically-based insights into dryland vegetation response to extreme rainfall were derived based on dryland optimized LPJ-GUESS simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings
Number of pages4
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Publication date2021
Pages1394-1397
ISBN (Electronic)9781665403696
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021 - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 12 Jul 2021 → 16 Jul 2021

Conference

Conference2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021
LandBelgium
ByBrussels
Periode12/07/2021 → 16/07/2021
SponsorThe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS)
SeriesInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume2021-July

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The current research is funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office in the frame of the U-TURN project (SR/00/339 and SR/00/366).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.

    Research areas

  • Abrupt change, Dryland, DVM, Earth observation, LULCC

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