Amazon droughts and forest responses: Largely reduced forest photosynthesis but slightly increased canopy greenness during the extreme drought of 2015/2016

• Published in: Global change biology
• Main Authors: Yang, Jia, Tian, Hanqin, Pan, Shufen, Chen, Guangsheng, Zhang, Bowen, Dangal, Shree
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 18.01.2018
• Subjects: Forest productivity; El Niño-Southern Oscillation; Satellite observations; Tropical forests; Drought

Amazon droughts have major impacts on regional ecosystem functioning as well as global carbon cycling. The severe dry-season droughts in 2005 and 2010, driven by Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly, have been widely investigated in terms of drought severity and impacts on ecosystems. Alth...