Monitoring rainfall events in desert areas using the spectral response of biological soil crusts to hydration: Evidence from the Gurbantunggut Desert, China
Ruilin Chen, Xiaoyue Tan, Yuanming Zhang, Hui Chen, Benfeng Yin, Xiaolin Zhu, Jin Chen
Topics & Concepts
Desert (philosophy)Environmental sciencePrecipitationEcosystemClimate changeTemporal scalesBiological soil crustRemote sensingNormalized Difference Vegetation IndexEcologySoil waterSoil scienceGeologyGeographyMeteorologyBiologyEpistemologyPhilosophyBiocrusts and Microbial EcologyPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics