Alexander Lotsch

TL;DR: An algorithm based on the physics of radiative transfer in vegetation canopies for the retrieval of vegetation green leaf area index (LAI) and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR) from surface reflectances was developed and implemented for operational processing prior to the launch of the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the TERRA platform in December of 1999 as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: Barke et al. as mentioned in this paper, 2010: Adaptation to climate change: A review of challenges and tradeoffs in six areas, including vulnerability, exposure, vulnerability, resilience, exposure and resilience.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors use time series of global precipitation and satellite normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data to analyze joint spatial and temporal variability between terrestrial ecosystems and precipitation regimes, and quantified monthly rainfall anomalies are quantified using a standardized precipitation index (SPI), which provides a better measure of ecologically significant precipitation excess or deficit at growing season time scales relative to monthly precipitation data.

TL;DR: In this paper, satellite normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) observations reveal large and geographically extensive decreases in vegetation activity in Eurasia and North America between 1999 and 2002, which coincided with a prolonged period of below-normal precipitation in the Northern Hemisphere, which limited moisture availability for plant growth.

TL;DR: In this article, a decision tree classification algorithm is used to generate a land cover map of North America from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data with 1 km spatial resolution using a six-biome classification scheme.