MODIS enhanced vegetation index data do not show greening of amazon forests during the 2005 drought

New Phytologist

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-15

  Samanta, Arindam ^a   Ganguly, Sangram ^b   Myneni, Ranga B ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Drought; Rainforests; Remote sensing; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; BRAZIL; DROUGHT; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ATMOSPHERE; BRAZIL; DROUGHTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 78649728127     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03516.x     Document Type: Letter

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