Part I Biosphere
1 Forest Disturbance Assessment Using Satellite Data
of Moderate and Low Resolution ............................... 3
M.A. Korets, V.A. Ryzhkova, I.V. Danilova, A.I. Sukhinin,
and S.A. Bartalev
2 Fire/Climate Interactions in Siberia ........................ 21
H. Balzter, K. Tansey, J. Kaduk, С. George, F. Gerard,
M. Cuevas Gonzalez, A. Sukhinin, and E. Ponomarev
3 Long-Term Dynamics of Mixed Fir-Aspen Forests in West
Sayan (Altai-Sayan Ecoregion) ............................... 37
D.M. Ismailova and D.I. Nazimova
4 Evidence of Evergreen Conifers Invasion into Larch
Dominated Forests During Recent Decades ..................... 53
V.I. Kharuk, K.J. Ranson, and M.L. Dvinskaya
5 Potential Climate-Induced Vegetation Change in Siberia
in the Twenty-First Century ................................. 67
N.M. Tchebakova, E.I. Parfenova, and A.J. Soja
6 Wildfire Dynamics in Mid-Siberian Larch Dominated Forests ... 83
V.I. Kharuk, K.J. Ranson, and M.L. Dvinskaya
7 Dendroclimatological Evidence of Climate Changes Across
Siberia .................................................... 101
V.V. Shishov and E.A. Vaganov
8 Siberian Pine and Larch Response to Climate Warming
in the Southern Siberian Mountain Forest: Tundra Ecotone ... 115
V.I. Kharuk, K.J. Ranson, M.L. Dvinskaya, and S.T. Im
Part II Hydrosphere
9 Remote Sensing of Spring Snowmelt in Siberia ............... 135
A. Bartsch, W. Wagner, and R. Kidd
10 Response of River Runoff in the Cryolithic Zone of
Eastern Siberia (Lena River Basin) to Future Climate
Warming .................................................... 157
A.G. Georgiadi, L.P. Milyukova, and E.A. Kashutina
Part III Atmosphere
11 Investigating Regional Scale Processes Using Remotely
Sensed Atmospheric CO2 Column Concentrations from
SCIAMACHY .................................................. 173
M.P. Barkley, A.J. Hewitt, and P.S. Monks
12 Climatic and Geographic Patterns of Spatial Distribution
of Precipitation in Siberia ................................ 193
A. Onuchin and T. Burenina
Part IV Information Systems
13 Interoperability, Data Discovery and Access: The
e-Infrastructures for Earth Sciences Resources ............. 213
S. Nativi, C. Schmullius, L. Bigagli, and R. Gerlach
14 Development of a Web-Based Information-Computational
Infrastructure for the Siberia Integrated Regional Study ... 233
E.P. Gordov, A.Z. Fazliev, V.N. Lykosov, I.G. Okladnikov,
and A.G. Titov
15 Conclusions ................................................ 253
H. Balzter
Appendix ...................................................... 255
Index ......................................................... 279
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