Leaf flush drives dry season green-up of the Central Amazon

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2016, Pages 90-98

  Lopes, Aline Pontes ^a   Nelson, Bruce Walker ^a   Wu, Jin ^b   Graça, Paulo Maurício Lima de Alencastro ^a   Tavares, Julia Valentim ^a   Prohaska, Neill ^b   Martins, Giordane Augusto ^a   Saleska, Scott R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry season green up; Enhanced Vegetation Index; Green Chromatic Coordinate; Leaf abscission; Leaf flush; Phenocam; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CAMERAS; DROUGHT; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; RADIOMETERS; VEGETATION;

CHROMATIC COORDINATE; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; GREEN-UP; LEAF ABSCISSION; LEAF FLUSH; PHENOCAM; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

ABSCISSION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DRY SEASON; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLUSHING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAF; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MODIS; NADIR; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDATION; QUICKBIRD; SEASONALITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION INDEX; VULNERABILITY;

AMAZON RIVER;

EID: 84969850503     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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