The Arctic is a region that is expected to experience a high increase in temperature. Changes in the timing of phenological phases, such as the onset of growth (as observed by remote sensing), is a sensitive bio-indicator of climate change. In this paper, the study area was the central part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, located between 77.28°N and 78.44°N. The goals of this study were: (1) to prepare, analyze and present a cloud-free time-series of daily Sentinel-2 NDVI datasets for the 2016 to 2019 seasons, and (2) to demonstrate the use of the dataset in mapping the onset of growth. Due to a short and intense period with greening-up and frequent cloud cover, all the cloud-free Sentinel-2 data were used. The onset of growth was then mapped by a NDVI threshold method, which showed significant correlation (r2 = 0.47, n = 38, p < 0.0001) with ground-based phenocam observation of the onset of growth in seven vegetation types. However, large bias was found between the Sentinel-2 NDVI-based mapped onset of growth and the phenocam-based onset of growth in a moss tundra, which indicates that the data in these vegetation types must be interpreted with care. In 2018, the onset of growth was about 10 days earlier compared to 2017.

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Timing is a fundamental property of media experiences. In particular, multi-device scenarios require a shared timing to provide engaging, coherent services to users. Trends are also that people have multiple devices available, and that they do not limit the usage to one device at a time. The industry caters to these developments in a variety of ways, often using expensive, custom solutions to limited areas or targeting short term issues that lock down users to particular devices and services. This paper discusses some existing solutions, and indicates how they could benefit from shared timing, as provided by the suggested HTML Timing Object and online Shared Motions..

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