P. Ratana

TL;DR: Huete et al. as discussed by the authors analyzed Amazon vegetation phenology at multiple scales with MODIS satellite measurements from 2000 to 2005, and found that canopy photosynthesis measured from eddy flux towers in both a rainforest and forest conversion site confirm their interpretation of satellite data, and suggest that basinwide carbon fluxes can be constrained by integrating remote sensing and local flux measurements.

TL;DR: There are reported seasonal swings in green leaf area of ≈25% in a majority of the Amazon rainforests, which may be critical to initiation of the transition from dry to wet season, seasonal carbon balance between photosynthesis gains and respiratory losses, and litterfall nutrient cycling in moist tropical forests.

TL;DR: This study investigated biogeographical and inter-annual patterns in savanna phenology along a 1100 km ecological rainfall gradient, known as North Australian Tropical Transect (NATT), encompassing humid coastal Eucalyptus forests and woodlands to xeric inland Acacia woodlands and shrublands and found good convergence between MODIS EVI and tower GEP, thereby confirming the potential to link these two independent data sources to better understand savanna ecosystem functioning.

TL;DR: In this paper, the seasonal patterns and relationships of local site tower flux measures of gross primary productivity (Pg) with independent MODIS satellite greenness measures across three Monsoon Asia tropical forest types, encompassing drought-deciduous, dry evergreen, and humid evergreen secondary tropical forests.

TL;DR: In this article, the potential of Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data is analyzed to discriminate among these diverse cerrado physiognomies and converted pastures based on their seasonal dynamics and phenology.