Leaf area index (LAI) is a critical vegetation structural variable and is essential in the
feedback of vegetation to the climate system. The advancement of the global Earth …

Quantifying global terrestrial photosynthesis is essential to understanding the global carbon
cycle and the climate system. Remote sensing has played a pivotal role in advancing our …

For half a century, the process of economic integration of the Amazon has been based on
intensive use of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources, which has brought …

Classification of remotely sensed imagery for land-cover map** purposes has attracted
significant attention from researchers and practitioners. Numerous studies conducted over …

The reliable detection and attribution of changes in vegetation growth is a prerequisite for
the development of strategies for the sustainable management of ecosystems. This is an …

This review surveys the basic theories, observational methods, satellite algorithms, and land
surface models for terrestrial evapotranspiration, E (or λE, ie, latent heat flux), including a …

Since the late 1970s, space-borne microwave radiometers have been providing
measurements of radiation emitted by the Earth's surface. From these measurements it is …

The response of tropical forests to droughts is highly uncertain. During the dry season,
canopy photosynthesis of some tropical forests can decline, whereas in others it can be …

The Anthropocene is characterized as an epoch when human influence has begun to
fundamentally alter many aspects of the Earth system and many of the planet's biomes …

Our ability to close the Earth's carbon budget and predict feedbacks in a warming climate
depends critically on knowing where, when and how carbon dioxide is exchanged between …