Carbon emissions from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Region

A simulation model based on satellite observations of monthly vegetation greenness from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was used to estimate monthly carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems of Brazilian Amazon and <i>Cerrado</i> regions over the p...

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Main Authors: V. Genovese, S. Klooster, C. Potter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-11-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/2369/2009/bg-6-2369-2009.pdf