Stein Rune Karlsen
Senior Researcher
skar@norceresearch.no
+47 934 19 904
Forskningsparken Tromsø, Sykehusvn 23, 9019 Tromsø
Division
Energy & Technology
Research Groups
Regional Climate and Climate Services
More information about Stein
Projects
Publications
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Conference lectureThe effects of climate change-induced plant stress on primary productivity in the Nordic Arctic Region– USA-Norge nettverksmøte for prosjektet ArcticBiomass 2014
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Academic articleThe use of quantitative models to assess long-term climate–vegetation dynamics – A case study from the northern Scandinavian Mountains– The Holocene 2015
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Faglig foredragUse of MODIS data to characterize the growing season and to measure plant biomass in Northern Fennoscandia– 35th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment 2013
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Faglig foredragDetection of Vehicle Tracks and Vegetation Damages Caused by use of Snowmobiles in the Longyearbyen Area on Svalbard using Unmanned Aircraft. Abstract ID B41B-0394– Fall Meeting, AGU 2013
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Research reportVerdikjede i bioenergi-kartlegging av status ved oppstart av fjernvarmeanlegg. Forprosjekt RFF Nord-Norut Tromsø og Nordlandsforskning. Sluttrapport.– NORCE Research AS 2013
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Academic articleA new NDVI measure that overcomes data sparsity in cloud-covered regions predicts annual variation in ground-based estimates of high arctic plant productivity– Environmental Research Letters 2018
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Academic articleChanges in growing season duration and productivity of northern vegetation inferred from long-term remote sensing data– Environmental Research Letters 2016
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Conference lectureUse of phenocams in arctic and alpine parts of Norway.– Phenology 2018. One Planet, Two Hemispheres, Many Regions. 2018
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Conference lectureLandscape transitions from tundra/mountain heaths to forests the last century in northern Norway and the impact on reindeer husbandry: The likelihood for spreading climate sensitive infections (CSIs) in the future– Nordic Conference on Reindeer Husbandry Research 2017
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Academic articleIsotope ecology detects fine-scale variation in Svalbard reindeer diet: implications for monitoring herbivory in the changing Arctic– Polar Biology 2019
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Academic chapterMonitoring human and climate change‐induced plant stress in the Nordic Arctic Region and Svalbard using remote sensing and field surveys– 2015
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Academic articleHigh seasonal overlap in habitat suitability in a non-migratory High Arctic ungulate– Global Ecology and Conservation 2023
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Research reportGLORIA Norge 2024: Overvåkning av vegetasjon, vekstsesong og isbre– NORCE Research AS 2025
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Research reportOvervåking av vinterbeiter i Vest-Finnmark og Karasjok 1998-2005-2010 - Resultater fra feltrutene– Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) 2011
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Conference lectureChanges in growing season productivity of Northern vegetation inferred from long-term remote sensing data.– Impact of climate change and pollution on vegetation distribution and condition in the temperate, boreal, alpine and polar zones 2016
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Research reportNOAA Arctic Report Card 2024:Tundra Greenness– NOAA in the Arctic 2024
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Conference lectureA novel approach to monitoring the impact of climate change on Antarctic ecosystems– SCAR Open Science Conference 2016
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Academic articleOutbreaks by canopy-feeding geometrid moth cause state-dependent shifts in understorey plant communities– Oecologia 2013
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Faglig foredragMapping High Arctic plant communities on Svalbard. Abstract– Workshop on UAV-based Remote Sensing Methods for Monitoring Vegetation 2013
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Conference lectureSentinel-2 based mapping of the growing season (phenology) in central parts of Svalbard.– SIOS Online Conference on Remote Sensing (RS) and Geoinformation (GI) applications in Svalbard 2020
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Academic articleTundra greenness– Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society - (BAMS) 2019
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Conference lectureMODIS and Landsat 8 based mapping of the growing season on Svalbard in relation to climate and plant production– ArcticBiomass - Workshop 2014
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Academic articleRecord-low primary productivity and high plant damage in the Nordic Arctic Region in 2012 caused by multiple weather events and pest outbreaks– Environmental Research Letters 2014
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Academic articleBioclimatic effects on different mountain birch populations in Fennoscandia– Climate Research (CR) 2017
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Conference lectureVegetation map of the forefield of retreating glacier, Admiralty Bay area, King Gorge Island (Maritime Antarctic)– Impact of climate change and pollution on vegetation distribution and condition in the temperate, boreal, alpine and polar zones 2016
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Conference lectureSAR and Optical satellite sensors to detect phenology in Alpine areas– Phenology 2018. One Planet, Two Hemispheres, Many Regions. 2018
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Conference lectureUAV for monitoring of indicator species on Antarctic protected areas– 34th Symposium of the European-Association-of Remote-Sensing-Laboratories (EARSeL) 2014
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Academic articlePlant phenological variation related to temperature in Norway during the period 1928-1977– International journal of biometeorology 2011
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Academic review articleNordic boreo-arctic lands under rapid climatic change: A review of recent and future trends and extreme events– Earth-Science Reviews 2024
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Research reportGLORIA Norge 2017 – overvåkning av vegetasjon og vekstsesong– NIBIO 2018
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Conference lectureMapping and Modelling the Snowmelt and Greening Pattern in Southern Norway by Combining Microwave and Optical Remote Sensing Sensors– International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Syposium (IGARSS), Barcelona, Spain, 23-27 July 2007 2007
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Research reporteguleringsplan med konsekvensutredning for utvidelse av eksisterende dagbrudd for nefelinsyenitt på Stjernøya, Alta kommune. Reindrift og naturmiljø.– Norut Rapport 14/2008 2008
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Academic articleDisentangling the coupling between sea ice and tundra productivity– Scientific Reports 2017
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Research reportOvervåking av vinterbeiter i Indre Finnmark 2013 Resultater fra feltrutene– Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) 2014
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Research reportBruk av Sentinel-2 satellittdata innen forvaltning av Øvre Dividalen nasjonalpark og Dividalen landskapsvernområde. Studieområde Havgavuopmi. (7/2019)– NORCE Research AS 2019
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Conference lectureKlimaendring, effektscenarioer og tilpasningsmuligheter for reindrifta i Norge. (Climate change, effect scenarios and adaptation possibilities for reindeer management in Norway).– 16th Nordic Conference on Reindeer and Reindeer Husbandry Research 2010
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Research reportMonitoring of plant productivity in relation to climate on Svalbard. (7/2016)– NORCE Research AS 2016
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Faglig foredragAvlingsberegning ved bruk av fjernmålingsteknologi i eng– Hålogalandssamlinga 2019 2019
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Conference lectureCharacterizing the growing season in northern Scandinavia and NW Russia by the use of MODIS satellite data– 2012 Fall Meeting 2012
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Conference lectureMapping the Length of the snow free seasons 2000-2010 in Northern Fennoscandia using MODIS data.– 12th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium 2012
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Conference lectureUse of MODIS data to analyse spectral properties of land cover types for improved mapping of the growing season in Northern Fennoscandia– 12th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium 2012
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Academic articleA Compilation of Snow Cover Datasets for Svalbard: A Multi-Sensor, Multi-Model Study– Remote Sensing 2021
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Conference lectureSentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 to monitor vegetation phenology in mountain regions– Living Planet Symposium 2019
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Faglig foredragMODIS-based mapping of the growing season on Svalbard– 35th international Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment 2013
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Academic articleFuture forest distribution on Finnmarksvidda, North Norway– Climate Research (CR) 2017
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Academic review articleReviews and syntheses: Remotely sensed optical time series for monitoring vegetation productivity– Biogeosciences 2024
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Conference lectureVegetation and ecosystem transformation due to reindeer grazing on Finnmarksvidda, Northern Norway– ArcticBiomass - Workshop 2014
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Conference lectureField- and satellite-based monitoring of trends in biomass of reindeer lichen heaths in Finnmarksvidda, Hardangervidda and North-America– ArcticBiomass - Workshop 2014
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Academic articleGreening of Svalbard– Science of the Total Environment 2024
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Conference lectureConsequences of future expansion at the arctic treeline in northernmost Norway– VIII International Agriculture Symposium "AGROSYM 2017" 2017
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Research reportGLORIA Norge 2016 – overvåkning av vegetasjon og vekstsesong– NIBIO 2017
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Academic articleNew satellite-based maps of the growing season north of 50 degrees N– Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering 2010
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Conference lectureRapid regional changes in maritime Antarctic ecosystem – MONICA project - goals, results and conclusions– Impact of climate change and pollution on vegetation distribution and condition in the temperate, boreal, alpine and polar zones 2016
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Academic articleMulti-Sensor Analysis of Snow Seasonality and a Preliminary Assessment of SAR Backscatter Sensitivity to Arctic Vegetation: Limits and Capabilities– Remote Sensing 2022
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Conference lectureProcessing a clear-sky time-series of Sentinel-2A data of central parts of Svalbard to monitor seasonal changes in vegetation– The 1st Sentinel-2 Validation Team Meeting 2016
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Research reportState of the art for tropical forest monitoring by remote sensing– 2008
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Research reportGLORIA Norge 2020: Overvåkning av vegetasjon og vekstsesong– NORCE Research AS 2021
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Academic articleA 20-Year MODIS-Based Snow Cover Dataset for Svalbard and Its Link to Phenological Timing and Sea Ice Variability– Remote Sensing 2020
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Research reportGLORIA Norge 2019. Overvåkning av vegetasjon, vekstsesong og bremåling– NORCE Research AS 2020
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Conference lectureOnset of the growing season and annual plant production in relation to climate on Svalbard, mapped by MODIS data– The 13th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium 2014
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Academic articleDet arktiske Finnmark – ein bioklimatisk studie av område nord for den polare skoggrensa– Blyttia : Norsk botanisk forenings tidsskrift 2022
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Conference lectureVegetation and ecosystem transformation on Finnmarksvidda, Northern Norway, due to reindeer grazing pressure– 13th Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium 2014
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Academic articleConsequences of Future Expansion at the Arctic Treeline in Northernmost Norway.– Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology: B 2018
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Popular scientific articleBruk av ubemannete fly (UAS) i miljøovervåking på Svalbard– Ottar 2016
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Research reportFinnmarksvidda – kartlegging og overvåking av reinbeiter – status 2013– NORCE Research AS 2014
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Conference lectureSea ice-induced cold air advection as a mechanism controlling tundra primary productivity– AGU Fall Meeting 2015
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Academic articleMolecular Footprints of Quaternary Climate Fluctuations in the Circumpolar Tundra Shrub Dwarf Birch– Molecular Ecology 2025
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Conference lectureGrowth season and greening on Svalbard– SvalbardMonitoring-Workshop 2025
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Academic articleCorrection: Anderson, H.B. et al. Using Ordinary Digital Cameras in Place of Near-Infrared Sensors to Derive Vegetation Indices for Phenology Studies of High Arctic Vegetation. Remote Sens. 2016, 8, 847– Remote Sensing 2017
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Academic articleTrends in the start of the growing season in Fennoscandia 1982–2011– Remote Sensing 2013
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Academic articleVegetation mapping of Svalbard utilising Landsat TM/ETM+ data– Polar Record 2012
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Conference lectureMonitoring man- and climate change‐induced plant stress in the Nordic Arctic Region and Svalbard using remote sensing and field surveys– Assessing vulnerability of flora and fauna in polar areas 2014
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Academic articleSIOS’s Earth Observation (EO), Remote Sensing (RS), and operational activities in response to COVID-19– Remote Sensing 2021
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Academic articleSnow season variability in a boreal-Arctic transition area monitored by MODIS data– Environmental Research Letters 2016
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Academic chapterUAV based mapping of grassland yields for forage production in northern Europe– 2018
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Academic articleNew satellite-based maps of the growing season north of 50°N (Proceedings Paper)– Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering 2010
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Conference lectureProximal sensing phenology data to validate Sentinel-2 in cold regions– 2st Sentinel-2 Validation Team Meeting 2018
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Conference lectureDetection of Browning events using Sentinel-2, World-View 2/3 and UAV: Examples from Lofoten and Svalbard– Event drivers of Arctic Browning 2017
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Research reportGLORIA Norge 2018 – overvåkning av vegetasjon og vekstsesong– NIBIO 2019
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Academic articleChanges in Onset of Vegetation Growth on Svalbard, 2000–2020– Remote Sensing 2022
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Academic articleThe northernmost hyperspectral FLoX sensor dataset for monitoring of high-Arctic tundra vegetation phenology and Sun-Induced Fluorescence (SIF)– Data in Brief 2023
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Academic articlePreliminary study on nesting Adélie penguins disturbance by unmanned aerial vehicles.– CCAMLR Science 2016
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Research reportVegetasjonskart over Svalbard basert på satellittdata. Dokumentasjon av metoder og vegetasjonsbeskrivelser– Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) 2009
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Research reportVekstavslutning hos gras og anbefaling om frist om høsten for spredning av husdyrgjødsel på eng uten nedmolding– NIBIO 2005
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Academic articleUse of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in a multi-scale vegetation index study of arctic plant communities in Adventdalen on Svalbard– EARSeL eProceedings 2014
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Research reportGloria Norge 2021: Overvåkning av vegetasjon og vekstsesong– NORCE Research AS 2022
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Conference lectureSpatial and temporal variability in the onset of the growing season(phenology)on Svalbard– 2013 Fall Meeting 2013
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Academic articleUnderstanding the drivers of extensive plant damage in boreal and Arctic ecosystems: Insights from field surveys in the aftermath of damage– Science of the Total Environment 2017
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Research reportOvervåkning av vekstsesongen med automatiske kamera i Adventdalen, Svalbard– NORCE Research AS 2014
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Academic articleTime-series of cloud-free sentinel-2 NDVI data used in mapping the onset of growth of central Spitsbergen, Svalbard– Remote Sensing 2021
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Research reportKartlegging og overvåking av reinbeiter– NORCE Research AS 2023
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Research reportEndringer i start på vekstsesongen på Svalbard i relasjon til klima. (3/2014)– NORCE Research AS 2014
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Popular scientific articleEn artsrik flora– Ottar 2014
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Conference lectureMultiscale mapping of the seasonal dynamics of the High Arctic archipelago of Svalbard– Living Planet Symposium 2016 2016
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Research reportGLORIA Norge 2023: Overvåkning av vegetasjon, vekstsesong og isbre– NORCE Research AS 2024
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Academic review articleThe changing face of the Arctic: four decades of greening and implications for tundra ecosystems– Frontiers in Environmental Science 2025
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Conference lectureUse of Formosat-2 and MODIS Data in mapping the growing season in arctic-alpine areas, and preparation for Sentinel-2 data– Sentinel-2 preparatory symposium 2012
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Conference lectureUse of time series of MODIS data in mapping of biophysical properties of the vegetation during a phenological defined growing season, northern Fennoscandia– Nordic Remotes Sensing Days 2011
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Conference lectureVegetation mapping on King George Island using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)– SCAR Open Science Conference 2016
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Conference lectureUltra-high resolution baseline vegetation map of the forefield of the Sphinx glacier, Admiralty Bay area, King Gorge Island– SCAR Open Science Conference 2016
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Conference lectureUAV for monitoring Antarctic ecosystems– 36th EARSeL Symposium 2016
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Academic articleExploiting Time Series of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Imagery to Detect Meadow Phenology in Mountain Regions– Remote Sensing 2019
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Academic articleSpatial and temporal variability in the onset of the growing season on svalbard, arctic Norway - Measured by MODIS-NDVI satellite data– Remote Sensing 2014
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Conference lectureEnvironmental forests beyond the Arctic treeline in Norway– International Mountain Conference 2019 (IMC2019) 2019
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Academic chapterDividalen - uberørt natur eller eldgammelt kulturlandskap?– 2015
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Research reportNorsk fjellnatur - Fra kyst til innland, fra sør til nord. GLORIA-NORGE, et overvåkingsprogram for fjellvegetasjon – årsrapport for 2014– NIBIO 2016
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Research reportGLORIA Norge – årsrapport for 2013. Makroflater på Arnøya og satellittbasert overvåkning av vekstsesongen i Midt-Norge– NIBIO 2016
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Academic articleRole of disturbed vegetation in mapping the boreal zone in northern Eurasia– Applied Vegetation Science 2010
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Conference lectureVegetation mapping using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) on King George Island, Maritime Antarctic– Impact of climate change and pollution on vegetation distribution and condition in the temperate, boreal, alpine and polar zones 2016
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Conference lectureChanging Antarctica – new possibilities of observations with UAV– Impact of climate change and pollution on vegetation distribution and condition in the temperate, boreal, alpine and polar zones 2016
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Conference lectureDisentangling the mechanisms of the coupling between sea ice and tundra productivity: cold air advection vs. arctic amplification.– AGU 2016
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Popular scientific articleFremtidig skogsutbredelse på Finnmarksvidda som en følge av klimaendring og dens konsekvenser for reindriften– Reindriftsnytt : Boazodoallu-Oddasat 2012
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Conference lectureSeasonal dynamics of permafrost landscapes: InSAR ground displacements and controlling factors documented by in situ and Sentinel-1/-2 remote sensing data– AGU Fall Meeting 2019
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Academic articleRecord early snow disappearance in 2020 and 2022 across central Svalbard– Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment (RSASE) 2025
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Conference lectureMODIS-based mapping of the growing season and plant production in relation to climate on Svalbard for the 2000-2014 period– Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2015
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Conference lectureRemote sensing techniques for monitoring the King George Island– 35th Polar Symposium: Diversity and state of polar ecosystems 2014
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Academic articleChanges in greening in the high Arctic: Insights from a 30 year AVHRR max NDVI dataset for Svalbard– Environmental Research Letters 2016
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Conference lectureTime-series of cloud-free Sentinel-2 NDVI data used in mapping the onset of growth of central Spitsbergen, Svalbard– SIOS Online Conference on "Earth Observation (EO) and Remote Sensing (RS) applications in Svalbard" 2021
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Research reportSatellittbasert overvåkning av vekstsesongen på Svalbard, - status 2012– NORCE Research AS 2013
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Research reportAre Svalbard plants prepared for Climatic Change? (3/2018)– NORCE Research AS 2018
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Research reportGLORIA Norge 2022: Overvåkning av vegetasjon og vekstsesong– NORCE Research AS 2023
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Academic articleUsing ordinary digital cameras in place of near-infrared sensors to derive vegetation indices for phenology studies of high arctic vegetation– Remote Sensing 2016
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Academic articleBVLOS UAV missions for vegetation mapping in maritime Antarctic– Frontiers in Environmental Science 2023
