Seasonal variations in vegetation water content retrieved from microwave remote sensing over Amazon intact forests

H Wang, JP Wigneron, P Ciais, Y Yao, L Fan… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vegetation optical depth (VOD) is seasonally sensitive to plant water content and
aboveground biomass. This index has a strong penetrability within the vegetation canopy …

First assessment of optical and microwave remotely sensed vegetation proxies in monitoring aboveground carbon in tropical Asia

T Cui, L Fan, P Ciais, R Fensholt, F Frappart… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tropical Asia has shown a strong greening trend in recent years. However, detailed
knowledge about changes in carbon stocks remain uncertain as only few studies have used …

Soil and vegetation water content identify the main terrestrial ecosystem changes

D Bueso, M Piles, P Ciais, JP Wigneron… - National Science …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Environmental change is a consequence of many interrelated factors. How vegetation
responds to natural and human activity still needs to be well established, quantified and …

Assessment of five SMAP soil moisture products using ISMN ground-based measurements over varied environmental conditions

C Yi, X Li, J Zeng, L Fan, Z ** global drought-induced forest mortality based on multiple satellite vegetation optical depth data
X Zhang, X Zhang, BK Terfa, WH Nam, J Zeng… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The frequency and intensity of global drought events are continuously increasing, posing an
elevated risk of forest mortality worldwide. Accurately understanding the impact of drought …

Dominant role of the non‐forest woody vegetation in the post 2015/16 El Niño tropical carbon recovery

L Fan, T Cui, JP Wigneron, P Ciais, S Sitch… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The extreme dry and hot 2015/16 El Niño episode caused large losses in tropical live
aboveground carbon (AGC) stocks. Followed by climatic conditions conducive to high …

Satellite observed aboveground carbon dynamics in Africa during 2003–2021

M Wang, P Ciais, R Fensholt, M Brandt, S Tao… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Vegetation dynamics in the African continent play an important role in the global terrestrial
carbon cycle. Above-ground biomass carbon (AGC) stocks in Africa are sensitive to drought …

Improved estimation of vegetation water content and its impact on L-band soil moisture retrieval over cropland

S Feng, J Qiu, WT Crow, X Mo, S Liu, S Wang, L Gao… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Satellite-based soil moisture (SM) retrieval within agricultural regions is challenging due to
pronounced vegetation and land cover variations during the growing season. Vegetation …

Global L-band equivalent AI-based vegetation optical depth dataset

O Skulovich, X Li, JP Wigneron, P Gentine - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
The L-band vegetation optical depth data garners significant interest for its ability to
effectively monitor vegetation, thanks to minimal saturation within this frequency range …

Assessment of long-term multisource surface and subsurface soil moisture products and estimate methods on the Tibetan Plateau

P Zhang, D Zheng, R van der Velde, J Zeng, X Wang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This research is the first attempt to extensively assess the accuracy of commonly used
surface and subsurface soil moisture (SM) datasets in reproducing temporal dynamics and …