Satellite and in situ observations for advancing global Earth surface modelling: A review

G Balsamo, A Agusti-Parareda, C Albergel, G Arduini… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we review the use of satellite-based remote sensing in combination with in situ
data to inform Earth surface modelling. This involves verification and optimization methods …

Structural complexity biases vegetation greenness measures

Y Zeng, D Hao, T Park, P Zhu, A Huete… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Vegetation 'greenness' characterized by spectral vegetation indices (VIs) is an integrative
measure of vegetation leaf abundance, biochemical properties and pigment composition …

[HTML][HTML] MODIS collection 6 MAIAC algorithm

A Lyapustin, Y Wang, S Korkin… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - amt.copernicus.org
This paper describes the latest version of the algorithm MAIAC used for processing the
MODIS Collection 6 data record. Since initial publication in 2011–2012, MAIAC has …

Leaf development and demography explain photosynthetic seasonality in Amazon evergreen forests

J Wu, LP Albert, AP Lopes, N Restrepo-Coupe… - Science, 2016 - science.org
In evergreen tropical forests, the extent, magnitude, and controls on photosynthetic
seasonality are poorly resolved and inadequately represented in Earth system models …

Post-drought decline of the Amazon carbon sink

Y Yang, SS Saatchi, L Xu, Y Yu, S Choi… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Amazon forests have experienced frequent and severe droughts in the past two decades.
However, little is known about the large-scale legacy of droughts on carbon stocks and …

Amazon drought and forest response: Largely reduced forest photosynthesis but slightly increased canopy greenness during the extreme drought of 2015/2016

J Yang, H Tian, S Pan, G Chen, B Zhang… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Amazon droughts have impacted regional ecosystem functioning as well as global carbon
cycling. The severe dry‐season droughts in 2005 and 2010, driven by Atlantic sea surface …

Monitoring tree-crown scale autumn leaf phenology in a temperate forest with an integration of PlanetScope and drone remote sensing observations

S Wu, J Wang, Z Yan, G Song, Y Chen, Q Ma… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In temperate forests, autumn leaf phenology signals the end of leaf growing season and
shows large variability across tree-crowns, which importantly mediates photosynthetic …

Recent amplified global gross primary productivity due to temperature increase is offset by reduced productivity due to water constraints

N Madani, NC Parazoo, JS Kimball… - AGU …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite remote sensing observations show an increased greenness trend over land in
recent decades. While greenness observations can indicate increased productivity …

Dry-season greening of Amazon forests

SR Saleska, J Wu, K Guan, AC Araujo, A Huete… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Methods For basin-wide analysis, we analysed Δ EVI, corrected on a per-pixel basis, in
197,651 valid pixels (from figure 3 of ref. 7, data courtesy of DC Morton). For tower …

[PDF][PDF] Contrasting patterns of the extreme drought episodes of 2005

JS Panisset, R Libonati, CMP Gouveia - Int. J. Climatol, 2018 - rescuethatfrog.com
Future climate scenarios point to an increase in the frequency of extreme droughts events,
even in humid biomes. Throughout the 21st century, large areas of the Amazon basin …