Monitoring Rainforest Dynamics in the Amazon with MODIS Land Products

Author

Huete, Alfredo R. ; Running, Steve ; Myneni, Ranga

Author_Institution

Dept. Soil Water & Environ. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

fYear

2006

fDate

July 31 2006-Aug. 4 2006

Firstpage

263

Lastpage

265

Abstract

The metabolism and phenology of Amazon rainforests significantly influence global dynamics of climate, carbon and water, but remain poorly understood. In this study we utilized Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) terrestrial ecosystem variables to analyze Amazon rainforest dynamics utilizing the satellite products; vegetation indices (VI), leaf area index (LAI), fraction of absorbed photosynthetically- active radiation (FPAR), and gross primary production (GPP). We found the MODIS products to greatly facilitate analyses and monitoring of ecosystem metabolism in both intact and disturbed rainforests.

Keywords

climatology; ecology; remote sensing; vegetation; Amazon rainforest dynamics; MODIS land products; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; ecosystem metabolism; gross primary production; leaf area index; phenology; terrestrial ecosystem; vegetation indices; Aerodynamics; Biochemistry; Ecosystems; MODIS; Monitoring; Production; Satellite broadcasting; Stress; Vegetation mapping; Water pollution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2006. IGARSS 2006. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9510-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2006.72

Filename

4241219