Storm intensity and old-growth forest disturbances in the Amazon region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Esprito Santo, F D B ^a   Keller, M ^a,b,c   Braswell, B ^a,d   Nelson, B W ^e   Frolking, S ^a   Vicente, G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK   (United States)

^d ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e National Institute for Research   (Brazil)

^f OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON REGION; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; FOREST DISTURBANCES; HEAVY RAINFALL; LANDSAT; LANDSAT IMAGES; LARGE DISTURBANCE; NOAA SATELLITE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SEVERE STORMS; SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS; STORM INTENSITY; STRONG CORRELATION; WEATHER PATTERNS;

FORESTRY; RAIN;

STORMS;

CORRELATION; DISTURBANCE; LANDSAT; NOAA SATELLITE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORESTRY; RAIN; WEATHER;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 77953581324     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043146     Document Type: Article

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