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 …

Evapotranspiration in the Amazon basin: Couplings, hydrological memory and water feedback

PR Zanin, D Pareja-Quispe, JC Espinoza - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Elsevier
The hydrological cycle of the Amazon Basin is characterized by a multitude of interactions
between the atmosphere and surface processes, involving several temporal and spatial …

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 …

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 …

Recent methane surges reveal heightened emissions from tropical inundated areas

X Lin, S Peng, P Ciais, D Hauglustaine, X Lan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Record breaking atmospheric methane growth rates were observed in 2020 and 2021
(15.2±0.5 and 17.8±0.5 parts per billion per year), the highest since the early 1980s. Here …

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 …

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 …

Riverine communities in the Central Amazon are largely subject to erosion and sedimentation risk

A Zumak, AC Fassoni-Andrade, HC Pereira… - … Earth & Environment, 2025 - nature.com
Sedimentary processes cause large changes in riverscapes and alter river banks and
margins, leading to major hazards for riverine communities. However, regional map** of …