#tropics — Public Fediverse posts
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Old Forests Are Irreplaceably Cool
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https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/online/43370 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01423-3 <-- shared paper
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“Satellite measurements confirm that the sudden disappearance of mature tropical forests has a more drastic effect on local land temperature than does the gradual growth of young forests…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #tropics #tropical #earthobservation #vegetation #forest #forests #loss #gain #differences #landsurface #local #temperatures #heat #coolingeffect #energybudget #biophysical #climatechange #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #leafareaindex #aldebo #canopy #structure #geomorphometry #NDVI #model #modeling #ecology #NASA #Aqua #Terra #satellite #atmosphere #circulation