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Widespread decline of Congo rainforest greenness in the past decade

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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
    School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China)

  • Taehee Hwang

    (Institute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Abstract

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

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  • Liming Zhou & Yuhong Tian & Ranga B. Myneni & Philippe Ciais & Sassan Saatchi & Yi Y. Liu & Shilong Piao & Haishan Chen & Eric F. Vermote & Conghe Song & Taehee Hwang, 2014. "Widespread decline of Congo rainforest greenness in the past decade," Nature, Nature, vol. 509(7498), pages 86-90, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:509:y:2014:i:7498:d:10.1038_nature13265
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13265
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    1. Liping Jia & Yi He & Wanqing Liu & Yaru Zhang & Yanlin Li, 2023. "Response of Photosynthetic Efficiency to Extreme Drought and Its Influencing Factors in Southwest China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-15, January.
    2. Siyang Yin & Wenjin Wu & Xuejing Zhao & Chen Gong & Xinwu Li & Lu Zhang, 2020. "Understanding spatiotemporal patterns of global forest NPP using a data-driven method based on GEE," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(3), pages 1-16, March.
    3. Yao Zhang & Pierre Gentine & Xiangzhong Luo & Xu Lian & Yanlan Liu & Sha Zhou & Anna M. Michalak & Wu Sun & Joshua B. Fisher & Shilong Piao & Trevor F. Keenan, 2022. "Increasing sensitivity of dryland vegetation greenness to precipitation due to rising atmospheric CO2," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.

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