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Area of Science:

  • Ecology
  • Remote Sensing
  • Climate Change Science

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  • Climate change alters vegetation boundaries, impacting ecosystems and climate.
  • Upper elevational limits of alpine grasslands (alpine grasslines) are poorly understood due to limited data.
  • Existing methods lack large-scale, high-resolution estimation of alpine grasslines.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel, automated remote sensing method for mapping alpine grasslines.
  • To determine the spatial distribution and elevational range of alpine grasslines across the Tibetan Plateau.
  • To provide a foundation for studying alpine grassline responses to climate change.

Main Methods:

  • Automated identification of potential alpine grassline mountains.
  • Adaptive feature generation using Landsat reflectance and linear discriminant analysis.
  • Graph-cut algorithm integrating Otsu and Canny methods for precise grassline delineation.

Main Results:

  • A novel method for 30-m resolution alpine grassline mapping was developed.
  • High accuracy was achieved in validation against drone and PlanetScope imagery (R² = .99, .98).
  • Alpine grassline elevations on the Tibetan Plateau range from 4038 to 5380 m, with distinct regional patterns.

Conclusions:

  • This study presents the first large-scale remote sensing method for mapping alpine grasslines.
  • The developed method offers high accuracy and resolution for ecological monitoring.
  • Findings provide crucial data for understanding alpine ecosystem dynamics under climate change.