Terrestrial vegetation dynamics.

Analysis of a 17-year record shows that significant spatiotemporal variations in vegetation dynamics occurred on regional and continental scales during 2014 . The state of vegetation is examined by merging 1998–2014 estimates of the fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FAPAR) from three different sensors. A large number of unusual extremes of temperature and precipitation were recorded at different periods in 2014 in many regions of the globe, translating into a large seasonal variability of surface conditions.

GOBRON Nadine; 

2016-01-20

AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC

JRC99934

0003-0007,   

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/2015BAMSStateoftheClimate.1,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC99934,