Project Publications:

• Bhatt, U. S., D. A. Walker, M. K. Raynolds, J. Comiso, and H. E. Epstein. 2008 in prep.-a. Panarctic trend and variability in the land-ocean margins of sea-ice concentrations, land-surface temperatures, and tundra vegetation greenness. Earth Interactions.
• Bhatt, U. S., D. A. Walker, M. K. Raynolds, J. Comiso, and H. E. Epstein. 2008 in prep.-b. Role of atmospheric processes in trends and variability of sea-ice, land-surface temperatures, and tundra vegetation greenness in Alaska. Atmospheric Research.
• Bhatt, U.S., D. Walker, M. Raynolds, and J. Comiso. 2007. The Relationship Between Sea Ice Variability and Arctic Tundra on the Pan-Arctic, Regional and Site Scales. U41C-0612, Eos Transactions, Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, California.
• Bhatt, U.S., D.A. Walker, M. Raynolds, J. Comiso. 2007. The relationship between sea ice variability and arctic tundra on the pan-Arctic, regional and site scales. Eos Trans. AGU 88 (52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract U41C-0612.
• Bhatt, U., D. Walker, M. Raynolds, and J. Comiso. 2008. Examining relationships between sea ice and Arctic vegetation on the Pan-Arctic, regional and site scales. European Geosciences Union, Geophysical Research Abstracts 10:EGU2008-A-11271, http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU12008/11271/EGU12008-A-11271.pdf.
• Brown, J. and V. E. Romanovsky, Report from the International Permafrost Association: State of Permafrost in the First Decade of the 21st Century, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 19: 255ˆ260, 2008.
• Comiso, J. C. and F. Nishio (2008), Trends in the sea ice cover using enhanced and compatible AMSR-E, SSM/I, and SMMR data, J. Geophys. Res. 113, C02S07, doi:10.1029/2007JC004257.
• Comiso, J.C., C.L. Parkinson, R. Gersten, and L. Stock (2008), Accelerated decline in the Arctic sea ice cover, Geophy. Res. Lett. 35, L01703, doi:10.1029/2007GL031972.
• Epstein, H.E., J.O. Kaplan, H. Lischke, and Q. Yu. 2007. Simulating future changes in arctic and sub-arctic vegetation. Climate Dynamics in press.
• Epstein, H.E., D.A. Walker, M.K. Raynolds, G.J. Jia, and A.M. Kelley. Phytomass patterns across the full temperature gradient of the arctic tundra. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences in press.
• Epstein, H. E., D. A. Walker, P. Kuss, E. Karlejaärvi, and G. Matyshak. 2008. Tundra vegetation properties along a latitudinal gradient of the Yamal Region of Russia European Geosciences Union, Geophysical Research Abstracts 10:EGU2008-A-04406, http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU02008/04406/EGU02008-A-04406.pdf.
• Forbes, B.C. (2008) Equity, vulnerability and resilience in social-ecological systems: a contemporary example from the Russian Arctic. Research in Social Problems and Public Policy 15:203-236.
• Goetz, S.J., H.E. Epstein, F. Achard, D. Alcaraz, U. Bhatt, A. Bunn, J. Comiso, M. Hansen, G.J. Jia, J.O. Kaplan, H. Lischke, A. Lloyd, D.A. Walker, and Q. Yu. (Submitted) Vegetation productivity and disturbance changes across arctic northern Eurasia: Satellite observations and simulation modeling. In: Gutman, G. and P. Groisman, and Reissell. (ed.) Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate.
• Jia, G.J., H.E. Epstein and D.A. Walker. 2008. Vegetation greening in the Canadian Arctic related to warming. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences in press.
• Jia, G.J., H.E. Epstein, and D.A. Walker. 2007. Trends in vegetation greenness in the Arctic from1982-2005. Eos Trans. AGU 88 (52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B21-0041.
• Kumpula, T., Forbes, B. & Stammler, F. 2006. Combining data from satellite images and reindeer herders in arctic petroleum development: the case of Yamal, West Siberia. Nordia Geographical Publications 35, 17-30.
• Leibman, M.O., H.E. Epstein, A.V. Khomutov, N.G. Moskalenko, D.A. Walker. 2008. 177-178 in: Kane, D.L. and K.M. Hinkle. Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Extended Abstracts.
• Richter-Menge, J., J. Overland, M. Svoboda, J. Box, M. J. J. E. Loonen, A. Proshutinsky, V. Romanovsky, D. Russell, C. D. Sawatzk, M. Simpkins, I. R. Armstrong, Ashik, L.-S. Bai, D. Bromwich, J. Cappelen, E. Carmack, J. Comiso, B. Ebbinge, I. Frolov, J. C. Gascard, M. Itoh, G. J. Jia, R. Krishfield, F. McLaughlin, W. Meier, N. Mikkelsen, J. Morison, T. Mote, S. Nghiem, D. Perovich, I. Polyakov, J. D. Reist, B. Rudels, U. Schauer, A. Shiklomanov, K. Shimada, V. Sokolov, M. Steele, M.-L. Timmermans, J. Toole, B. Veenhuis, D. Walker, J. Walsh, M. Wang, A. Weidick, and C. Zöckler. 2008. Arctic Report Card 2008. http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard.
• Raynolds, M. K., J. C. Comiso, D. A. Walker, and D. Verbyla. 2008. Relationship between satellite-derived land surface temperatures, arctic vegetation types, and NDVI. Remote Sensing of the Environment 112:1884-1894.
• Raynolds, M.K and D.A. Walker. 2008. Circumpolar relationships between permafrost characteristics, NDVI and arctic vegetation types. 1469-1474 in: Kane, D.L. and K.M. Hinkle. Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
• Romanovsky, V.E. S.S. Marchenko, G. Grosse, C.R. Duguay, M.N. Zheleznyak, D.O. Sergeev. Monitoring and Modeling of the Northern Eurasia Permafrost Dynamics. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52). Fall Meeting Suppl., GC21B-04 INVITED, 2006.
• Romanovsky V.E., A.L. Kholodov, S.S. Marchenko, N.G. Oberman, D.S. Drozdov, G.V. Malkova, N.G. Moskalenko, A.A. Vasiliev, D.O. Sergeev, and M.N. Zheleznyak, Thermal State and Fate of Permafrost in Russia: First Results of IPY (Plenary Paper), In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, June 29-July 3, 2008, Fairbanks, Alaska, Vol. 2, pp. 1511-1518, 2008.
• Walker, D.A., U.S. Bhatt, M.K. Raynolds, V.E. Romanovsky, G.P. Kofinas, J.P. Kuss, B.C. Forbes, F. Stammler, T. Kumpula, E. Kaarlejärvi, M.O. Leibman, N.G. Moskalenko, A.A. Gubarkov, A.V. Khomutov, D.S. Drozdov, H.E. Epstein, Q. Yu, G.J. Jia, J.O. Kaplan, J.C. Comiso. 2008 (submitted). Cumulative effects of rapid land-cover and land-use changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. In: Gutman, G. and P. Groisman, and Reissell. (ed.) Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate.
• Walker, D. A., and Greening of the Arctic Team. 2008. Application of space-based technologies and models to address land-cover/land-use change problems on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. European Geosciences Union, Geophysical Research Abstracts 10:EGU2008-A-05697, http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU02008/05697/EGU02008-A-05697.pdf.
• Yu, Q. and H. Epstein. 2008. Evaluating Arctic Tundra System Resilience to Grazing Disturbances: A Modeling Approach. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 10: EGU2008-A-12154. http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU2008/12154/EGU2008-A-12154-1.pdf.

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