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Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation - Anomalies

Nadine.GOBRON@ec.europa.eu

Gobron N. Terrestrial vegetation dynamics [in “State of the Climate in 2020“]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2021, 102 (8), p. S104-S106. DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0098.1

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This indicator shows variations in the vegetation health and / or cover which may be due to other stress factors than rainfall or soil moisture deficits, such as plant diseases. Therefore this indicator must be used jointly with other indicators giving information on the deficit of rainfall and / or soil moisture, in order to determine if the variation in the vegetation response (FAPAR) is linked with a drought event or not.