A new global C-band vegetation optical depth product from ASCAT: Description, evaluation, and inter-comparison

X Liu, JP Wigneron, W Wagner, F Frappart… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Active microwave measurements have the potential to estimate vegetation optical depth
(VOD), an indicator related to vegetation water content and biomass. The Advanced …

Water deficit and storm disturbances co-regulate Amazon rainforest seasonality

X Lian, C Morfopoulos, P Gentine - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Canopy leaf abundance of Amazon rainforests increases in the dry season but decreases in
the wet season, contrary to earlier expectations of water stress adversely affecting plant …

Anthropogenic disturbance exacerbates resilience loss in the Amazon rainforests

H Wang, P Ciais, S Sitch, JK Green, S Tao… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Uncovering the mechanisms that lead to Amazon forest resilience variations is crucial to
predict the impact of future climatic and anthropogenic disturbances. Here, we apply a …

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 …

Understanding and extending the geographical detector model under a linear regression framework

H Zhang, G Dong, J Wang, TL Zhang… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Geographical Detector Model (GDM) is a popular statistical toolkit for
geographical attribution analysis. Despite the striking resemblance of the q-statistic in GDM …

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 …

Cooling wisdom of 'water towns': How urban river networkscan shapecityclimate?

D Shi, J Song, Q Zhong, SW Myint, P Zeng… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract 'Water town', a city design idea featuring buildings sitting along rivers and their
associated riparian vegetation, serves as natural refuges for citizens to escape the dual …

Asymmetric response of primary productivity to precipitation anomalies in Southwest China

G Dong, L Fan, R Fensholt, F Frappart, P Ciais… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Southwest China has been the largest terrestrial carbon sink in China over the past 30
years, but has recently experienced a succession of droughts caused by high precipitation …

Initial soil moisture and soil texture control the impact of storm surges in coastal forests

G Nordio, D Pratt, HA Michael, S Fagherazzi - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Flooding and salinization triggered by storm surges threaten the survival of coastal forests.
The forest root zone (top 40 cm of soil) is the most affected by surge flooding. Determining …