Abstract: Tropical forests are being subjected to a wide array of disturbances in addition to outright deforestation. Selective logging is one of the most common disturbances ongoing in the Amazon, which results in significant changes ...

Abstract: The need for accurate characterization of the land surface as boundary conditions in climate models has been recognized widely in the climate modeling community. A large number of land-cover datasets are currently used in ...

Abstract: Fractional vegetation cover (σ?) is needed in the modeling of the land?atmosphere exchanges of momentum, energy, water, and trace gases. From global 1-km, 10-day composite Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer normalized ...

Abstract: Selective logging degrades tropical forests. Logging operations vary in timing, location, and intensity. Evidence of this land use is rapidly obscured by forest regeneration and ongoing deforestation. A detailed study of ...

Abstract: Northern Eurasia, the largest land-mass in the northern extratropics, accounts for ?20% of the global land area. However, little is known about how the biogeochemical cycles, energy and water cycles, and human activities ...