ANADEM: a digital terrain model for South America

L Laipelt, B Comini de Andrade, W Collischonn… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Digital elevation models (DEMs) have a wide range of applications and play a crucial role in
many studies. Numerous public DEMs, frequently acquired using radar and optical satellite …

Sentinel-1 data reveals unprecedented reduction of open water extent due to 2023-2024 drought in the central Amazon basin

DA Maciel, F Lousada… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In 2023, an intense drought impacted the Amazon basin triggered by climate change and a
strong El Niño event, with the Negro River reaching its lowest water level in 120 years …

Morphodynamics of anabranching structures in the Peruvian Amazon River

JD Abad, AP Garcia, J Marín‐Díaz… - Earth Surface …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Along its 650‐km reach, the Peruvian Amazon River comprises anabranching structures,
spanning from the confluence of the Marañón and Ucayali Rivers to the Peru–Brazil …

Monitoring extreme floods and droughts in the amazon basin with surface-water-based indices

M Parrens, A Al-Bitar… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Extreme droughts and floods in the Amazon have great implications for ecosystems and
societies. Over the last decade, the region has undergone major extreme events with no …

Floodplain forests drive fruit-eating fish diversity at the Amazon Basin-scale

SB Correa, KV Coronado-Franco, C Jézéquel… - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - pnas.org
Unlike most rivers globally, nearly all lowland Amazonian rivers have unregulated flow,
supporting seasonally flooded floodplain forests. Floodplain forests harbor a unique tree …

Multi‐satellite data assimilation for large‐scale hydrological‐hydrodynamic prediction: Proof of concept in the Amazon basin

S Wongchuig, R Paiva, V Siqueira… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite remote sensing enhances model predictions by providing insights into terrestrial
and hydrological processes. While data assimilation techniques have proven promising …

[PDF][PDF] Floodplain forests drive fruit-eating fish diversity at the Amazon Basin-scale

O Phillips, T Baker - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2024 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
Author Contributions: SBC, PAT, KVC-F., KOE, JJG conceived the study. KVC-F., CJ, 233
ACR collected and analyzed spatial data. PAT carried out statistical analyses. SBC, KVC-F …

Fate of floodplain forests in a changing Amazon

J Schöngart, F Wittmann, WJ Junk, A Lopes… - The future of Amazonian …, 2024 - Springer
The Amazon basin is undergoing an unprecedented transformation during recent decades
driven by anthropogenic-dominated disturbance regimes and increasing hydroclimatic …

Flower production decreases with warmer and more humid atmospheric conditions in a western Amazonian forest

J Vleminckx, JA Hogan, MR Metz, LS Comita… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate models predict that everwet western Amazonian forests will face warmer and wetter
atmospheric conditions, and increased cloud cover. It remains unclear how these changes …

Anthropogenic climate change is a present and future stressor for fish communities in the Amazon basin

CEC Freitas, LE Hurd, BS Andrade, MA Mereles… - The Future of …, 2024 - Springer
The main reported effect of global climate change on marine fish assemblages has been the
movement of species to higher latitudes as ocean waters have warmed. In contrast, the …