Open AccessResearch Spotlight: Widespread Amazon tree death caused by single storm event
Author(s) -
Tretkoff Ernie
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/eo091i041p00380-01
Subject(s) - storm , amazon rainforest , precipitation , event (particle physics) , climatology , tree (set theory) , climate change , geography , meteorology , environmental science , geology , ecology , oceanography , biology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , physics , quantum mechanics
Extreme precipitation events are likely to occur more often in Amazonia and elsewhere as the world's climate changes. Storms are known to damage trees, but no systematic study has been done of tree loss during storms in tropical forests. To quantify tree mortality during a storm event, Negrón‐Juárez et al. combined field measurements, remote sensing data, and modeling.