Standout Papers

Red and photographic infrared linear combinations for monitoring vegetation 1979 2026 1994 2010 8.0k
  1. Red and photographic infrared linear combinations for monitoring vegetation (1979)
    Compton J. Tucker Remote Sensing of Environment
  2. Climate-Driven Increases in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 1982 to 1999 (2003)
    Ramakrishna Nemani, Charles D. Keeling et al. Science
  3. Increased plant growth in the northern high latitudes from 1981 to 1991 (1997)
    Ranga B. Myneni, Charles D. Keeling et al. Nature
  4. Using the satellite-derived NDVI to assess ecological responses to environmental change (2005)
    Nathalie Pettorelli, Jon Olav Vik et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  5. An extended AVHRR 8‐km NDVI dataset compatible with MODIS and SPOT vegetation NDVI data (2005)
    Compton J. Tucker, Jorge Enrique Dí­az Pinzón et al. International Journal of Remote Sensing
  6. Tropical Deforestation and Habitat Fragmentation in the Amazon: Satellite Data from 1978 to 1988 (1993)
    David L. Skole, Compton J. Tucker Science
  7. Satellite remote sensing of primary production (1986)
    Compton J. Tucker, P. J. Sellers International Journal of Remote Sensing
  8. Analysis of the phenology of global vegetation using meteorological satellite data (1985)
    Chris Justice, J. R. Townshend et al. International Journal of Remote Sensing
  9. African Land-Cover Classification Using Satellite Data (1985)
    Compton J. Tucker, John Townshend et al. Science
  10. A Revised Land Surface Parameterization (SiB2) for Atmospheric GCMS. Part II: The Generation of Global Fields of Terrestrial Biophysical Parameters from Satellite Data (1996)
    P. J. Sellers, Compton J. Tucker et al. Journal of Climate
  11. Evidence for a significant urbanization effect on climate in China (2004)
    Liming Zhou, Robert E. Dickinson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  12. Recent trends in vegetation dynamics in the African Sahel and their relationship to climate (2005)
    Stefanie Herrmann, Assaf Anyamba et al. Global Environmental Change
  13. Greenness in semi-arid areas across the globe 1981–2007 — an Earth Observing Satellite based analysis of trends and drivers (2012)
    Rasmus Fensholt, Tobias Langanke et al. Remote Sensing of Environment
  14. Satellite remote sensing of total herbaceous biomass production in the senegalese sahel: 1980–1984 (1985)
    Compton J. Tucker et al. Remote Sensing of Environment
  15. Analysis of Sahelian vegetation dynamics using NOAA-AVHRR NDVI data from 1981–2003 (2005)
    Assaf Anyamba, Compton J. Tucker Journal of Arid Environments
  16. Fifty years of deforestation and forest fragmentation in Madagascar (2007)
    Grady Harper, Marc K. Steininger et al. Environmental Conservation
  17. North American vegetation patterns observed with the NOAA-7 advanced very high resolution radiometer (1985)
    Samuel N. Goward, Compton J. Tucker et al. Plant Ecology
  18. Expansion and Contraction of the Sahara Desert from 1980 to 1990 (1991)
    Compton J. Tucker, H. E. Dregne et al. Science
  19. Remote sensing of leaf water content in the near infrared (1980)
    Compton J. Tucker Remote Sensing of Environment

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Compton J. Tucker 27135 29686 11410 239 47.9k
Ranga B. Myneni 26825 35275 13114 353 49.0k
Alfredo Huete 28938 22431 14398 297 39.8k
Ruth DeFries 15944 28779 6109 233 44.9k
Steven W. Running 19723 38142 9933 270 51.2k
Matthew C. Hansen 18326 23102 8847 187 36.5k
Shilong Piao 21848 41599 7911 489 60.1k
Gregory P. Asner 31919 28412 13790 586 62.2k
Ramakrishna Nemani 14928 23341 7017 188 31.5k
Gordon B. Bonan 9265 26713 5530 176 39.3k
Jonathan A. Foley 12939 23386 5025 130 47.5k

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