Amazon hydrology from space: scientific advances and future challenges

AC Fassoni‐Andrade, AS Fleischmann… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As the largest river basin on Earth, the Amazon is of major importance to the world's climate
and water resources. Over the past decades, advances in satellite‐based remote sensing …

Beyond carbon: The contributions of South American tropical humid and subhumid forests to ecosystem services

LS Borma, MH Costa, HR da Rocha… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests are recognized for their role in providing diverse ecosystem services (ESs),
with carbon uptake the best recognized. The capacity of tropical forests to provide ESs is …

Mapping actual evapotranspiration using Landsat for the conterminous United States: Google Earth Engine implementation and assessment of the SSEBop model

GB Senay, MK Friedrichs, C Morton, GEL Parrish… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The estimation and mapping of actual evapotranspiration (ETa) is an active area of applied
research in the fields of agriculture and water resources. Thermal remote sensing-based …

[HTML][HTML] Evapotranspiration in the Amazon: spatial patterns, seasonality, and recent trends in observations, reanalysis, and climate models

JCA Baker, L Garcia-Carreras, M Gloor… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2021 - hess.copernicus.org
Water recycled through transpiring forests influences the spatial distribution of precipitation
in the Amazon and has been shown to play a role in the initiation of the wet season …

Relation of El Niño and La Niña phenomena to precipitation, evapotranspiration and temperature in the Amazon basin

MM Moura, AR Dos Santos, JEM Pezzopane… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Weather phenomena El Niño and La Niña are observed by meteorological
variables, which allows you to track climate change and its possible effects in certain …

Impacts of land-surface heterogeneities and Amazonian deforestation on the wet season onset in southern Amazon

JP Sierra, JC Espinoza, C Junquas, S Wongchuig… - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Continued Amazonian deforestation perturbs the surface turbulent fluxes which are
important for building the conditions for the wet season onset in the southern Amazon. This …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of various surface energy balance models for evapotranspiration estimation using satellite data

BN Aryalekshmi, RC Biradar, K Chandrasekar… - The Egyptian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The accurate and reliable estimation of irrigation water requirements is essential for efficient
water resource management. Evapotranspiration (ET) is a significant factor in irrigation …

In the line of fire: Analyzing burning impacts on air pollution and air quality in an Amazonian city, Brazil

FR de Moura, PDW Machado, PF Ramires… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Brazil is grappling with escalating wildfire incidents, particularly in the ecotone region of
Cerrado-Amazon, attributed to climate change and anthropogenic factors. These wildfires …

Forests mitigate drought in an agricultural region of the Brazilian Amazon: Atmospheric moisture tracking to identify critical source areas

Y Mu, TW Biggs, F De Sales - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical rainforests provide essential ecosystem services to agricultural areas, including
moisture recycling. In the Amazon basin, drought frequency has increased in the late 20th …

geeSEBAL-MODIS: Continental-scale evapotranspiration based on the surface energy balance for South America

BC de Andrade, L Laipelt, A Fleischmann… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Monitoring actual evapotranspiration (ET) is critical for the accurate assessment of water
availability and water resources management, especially in areas with dry climates and …