Amazon forests maintain consistent canopy structure and greenness during the dry season

Douglas C. Morton (), Jyoteshwar Nagol, Claudia C. Carabajal, Jacqueline Rosette, Michael Palace, Bruce D. Cook, Eric F. Vermote, David J. Harding and Peter R. J. North
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Douglas C. Morton: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jyoteshwar Nagol: University of Maryland, College Park, College Park
Claudia C. Carabajal: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jacqueline Rosette: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael Palace: Earth System Research Center, University of New Hampshire
Bruce D. Cook: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Eric F. Vermote: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
David J. Harding: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Peter R. J. North: Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK

Nature, 2014, vol. 506, issue 7487, 221-224

Abstract: Lidar and optical satellite observations of Amazon forests indicate consistent canopy structure and reflectance during the dry season, challenging the paradigm of light-limited tropical forest productivity.

Date: 2014
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