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  <dc:contributor>Rian Bogle</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Dennis G. Dye</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2016</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Scientists at the U.S. Geological&amp;nbsp;Survey are improving and developing&amp;nbsp;new ground-based remote-sensing&amp;nbsp;instruments and techniques to study how&amp;nbsp;Earth&amp;rsquo;s vegetation responds to changing&amp;nbsp;climates. Do seasonal grasslands and&amp;nbsp;forests &amp;ldquo;green up&amp;rdquo; early (or late) and&amp;nbsp;grow more (or less) during unusually&amp;nbsp;warm years? How do changes in&amp;nbsp;temperature and precipitation affect&amp;nbsp;these patterns? Innovations in ground-based&amp;nbsp;remote-sensing instrumentation&amp;nbsp;can help us understand, assess, and&amp;nbsp;mitigate the effects of climate change on&amp;nbsp;vegetation and related land resources.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.3133/fs20163013</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Improved ground-based remote-sensing systems help monitor plant response to climate and other changes</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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