Progress in Remote Sensing of Photosynthetic Activity over the Amazon Basin

Progress in Remote Sensing of Photosynthetic Activity over the Amazon Basin

Although quantifying the massive exchange of carbon that takes place over the Amazon Basin remains a challenge, progress is being made as the remote sensing community moves from using traditional, reflectance-based vegetation indices, such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), to the...

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Main Authors: Celio Helder Resende de Sousa, Thomas Hilker, Richard Waring, Yhasmin Mendes de Moura, Alexei Lyapustin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-01-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
MAIAC
MODIS
Amazon
tropical forest
drought
photosynthesis
GPP
light use efficiency
Sun-induced fluorescence
eddy-flux
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/1/48

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