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How green was my valley?

机译:我的山谷有多绿?

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It always seemed odd. A decade ago, NASA satellite data suggested that the canopy of the Amazon rainforest grew faster during a drought. Apparently, this was just an optical illusion. In 2003, remote sensors showed that the forest canopy reflects more near-infrared light during a drought. Because young leaves are greener -and reflect more infrared light - than old foliage, analysts assumed that this was evidence that rainforests grew better during dry years. A new study suggests otherwise. Douglas Morton of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and his colleagues, used alternative sensing methods such as lidar to demonstrate that NASA's sensors were not seeing a greener canopy during droughts at all. It was a trick of the light - perhaps because fresh foliage growth casts more shadows in the canopy and so absorbs more infrared light. "Seasonal moisture availability governs the balance between photosynthesis and respiration in Amazon forests," says Morton. In other words, rainforests thrive in the rain.
机译:总是很奇怪。十年前,NASA的卫星数据表明,干旱期间亚马逊雨林的树冠增长更快。显然,这只是一种错觉。 2003年,遥感器显示,干旱期间森林冠层反射更多的近红外光。由于幼叶比老叶更绿-并且反射的红外光更多,因此分析家认为这证明了雨林在干旱年份生长得更好。一项新的研究表明并非如此。美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心的道格拉斯·莫顿(Douglas Morton)和他的同事们使用了诸如激光雷达等替代的传感方法,证明了美国宇航局的传感器在干旱期间根本看不到绿色的树冠。这是光的一招-也许是因为新鲜的树叶生长在树冠上投射了更多的阴影,因此吸收了更多的红外光。莫顿说:“季节性的水分供应控制着亚马逊森林光合作用与呼吸之间的平衡。”换句话说,雨林在雨中壮成长。

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    《New scientist》 |2014年第2955期|17-17|共1页
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