Vulnerability of the taiga-tundra ecotone: predicting the magnitude, variability, and rate of change in structure at the Arctic edge of the boreal forest

Paul M Montesano1, Amanda Hildt Armstrong2, Batuhan Osmanoglu1, Howard E Epstein3, Kenneth Ranson1 and Herman Henry Shugart4, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Universities Space Research Association Columbia, Columbia, MD, United States, (3)University of Virginia Main Campus, Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (4)University of Virginia Main Campus, Charlottesville, VA, United States