Earth Observation of Carbon Cycling Pools and Processes in Northern High-Latitude Systems

Ecosystem services of northern terrestrial systems encompass all three main categories of service: provisioning, regulating, and cultural (Haynes-Young and Potschin 2010). The ecosystem services focused on within this chapter are largely provisioning (e.g., biomass production) and regulating (e.g., carbon sequestration and storage). One key service of the northern high latitudes has been their ability to store carbon. Arctic and subarctic ecosystems have

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4.1 Introduction to Remote Sensing of Carbon Cycling Processes at Northern High Latitudes ............................................................................63