THE 2005 AND 2010 AMAZONIAN DROUGHTS AS SEEN BY MODIS

During this decade, the Amazon region in South America has suffered two severe droughts in the short span of five years ––2005 and 2010. The 2005 drought, dubbed a once-in-a-century drought, has been the focus and driver of many studies on the drought sensitivity of Amazon forests. These s...

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Main Author: R. B. Myneni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-08-01
Series:The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XXXVIII-8-W20/18/2011/isprsarchives-XXXVIII-8-W20-18-2011.pdf