Sentence examples for fractional cover from inspiring English sources

In the VOM, perennial vegetation has the advantage of potential access to deeper soil water and can freely expand its FPC, whereas seasonal vegetation has a fixed rooting depth of 1 m and cannot exceed an FPC fraction of 1 minus the fractional cover of perennial vegetation.

Climate and its variability drive vegetation fractional cover over time and space.

MESMA also produced estimates of fractional cover with less error than simple SMA.

Tundra albedo was strongly influenced by the fractional cover of water surfaces.

Results indicate that landscape metrics are sensitive to sub-pixel values and can vary greatly with fractional cover.

It showed that multispectral imagery could not be used to effectively estimate the fractional cover of PV and exposed bedrock.

Fractional cover is delineated for woody growth forms (trees and shrubs), herbaceous growth forms, and bare surface.

Continuous fractional cover thresholds are used to discretize percent ISA into different categories related to urban land cover patterns.

Our results suggest widespread and consistent increases in vegetation fractional cover for the current range of grassland ecosystems throughout most of North America, despite the increase in aridity projected across most of our study area.

Our analysis indicates a likely future shift of vegetation growth towards both earlier spring emergence and delayed autumn senescence, which would compensate for drought-induced reductions in summer fractional cover and productivity.

The fractional cover of vegetation (PV) and exposed bedrock are key ecological indicators of the extent and degree of land degradation in karst regions.