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Satellite portrait of global plant growth will aid climate research
 
27 January 2006

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LAI
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This animation based on GLOBCARBON data shows changes in worldwide leaf area index (LAI) from 1999 to the end of 2002.

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ESA's ten-instrument Envisat environmental satellite has been observing the Earth for more than three years. Picture by EADS Astrium.

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  Researchers seeking to follow the carbon
 
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BAE
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This animation based on GLOBCARBON data products shows worldwide burnt area estimates (BAE) from 1999 to 2002.

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Forest fires
Forest fires pump large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and require better characterisation within carbon cycle models.
 
 
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