Widespread decline of Congo rainforest greenness in the past decade

Liming Zhou (), Yuhong Tian, Ranga B. Myneni, Philippe Ciais, Sassan Saatchi, Yi Y. Liu, Shilong Piao, Haishan Chen, Eric F. Vermote, Conghe Song and Taehee Hwang
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Liming Zhou: University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)
Yuhong Tian: I. M. Systems Group (IMSG), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service/The Center for Satellite Applications and Research (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR), 5830 University Research Court, College Park
Ranga B. Myneni: Boston University
Philippe Ciais: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
Sassan Saatchi: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Yi Y. Liu: ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Systems Science & Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Shilong Piao: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Haishan Chen: Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Eric F. Vermote: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 619
Conghe Song: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Taehee Hwang: Institute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Nature, 2014, vol. 509, issue 7498, 86-90

Abstract: The long-term drying trend in central African rainforests might help to explain satellite-detected large-scale vegetation browning in the Congolese forests.

Date: 2014
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