IPAM, the Amazon Environmental Research Institute, is a non-governmental and non-profit organization created in May 1995, in Belém, State of Pará, Brazil. It is one of the most influential and authoritative environmental think-tanks in Brazil and Latin America, with both national and international recognition due to the quality and relevance of its projects, products and scientific papers. Our mission is to provide science, education and innovation for an Amazon with a healthy environment, developed economy and social equity
The seasonal carbon and water balances of the Cerrado environment of Brazil: Past, present, and future influences of land cover and land use
The seasonal carbon and water balances of the Cerrado environment of Brazil: Past, present, and future influences of land cover and land use
The Brazilian savanna (known as Cerrado) is an upland biome made up of various vegetation types from herbaceous to arboreal. In this paper, MODIS remote sensing vegetation greenness from the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and evapotranspiration (ET) data for the...