Publications

2022 Publications

29. Li, J., Bevacqua, E., Chen, C., Wang, Z., Chen, X., Myneni, R. B., Wu, X., Xu, C.-Y., Zhang, Z. & Zscheischler, J. (2022). Regional asymmetry in the response of global vegetation growth to springtime compound climate events. Commun Earth Environ, 3(1), 123. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00455-0 [PDF] [Supp]

28.  Chen, C.*, Riley, W. J., Prentice, I. C., Keenan, T. F*. (2022). CO2 fertilization of terrestrial photosynthesis inferred from site to global scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(10), e2115627119, https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2115627119  [PDF][Supp]

27. Sun, Y.*, Knyazikhin, Y.*, She, X., Ni, X., Chen, C., Ren, H., Myneni, R. B. (2022). Seasonal and long-term variations in leaf area of Congolese rainforest. Remote Sensing of Environment, 268, p. 112762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112762 [PDF][Supp]

2021 Publications

26. Chen, C.*, Li, D., Keenan, T. F. (2021). Enhanced surface urban heat islands due to divergent urban-rural greening trends, Environmental Research Letters. 16(12), p.124071. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac36f8 [PDF][Supp1][Supp2]

25. Zhu, Z.*, Zeng, H., Myneni, R.B., Chen, C., Zhao, Q., Zha, J., Zhan, S., MacLachlan, I. (2021). Comment on “Recent global decline of CO2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis.” Science, 373(6562):eabg5673. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abg5673 [PDF]

24. Chen, Y., Sun, K.*, Li, W., Chen, C., Li, P., Bai, T., Park, T., Wang, W., Nemani, R. & Myneni, R. (2021). Prototyping of LAI and FPAR Retrievals from GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager Data Using Global Optimizing Algorithm. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, PP, 1. http://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3094647 [PDF]

23. Cortés, J.*, Mahecha, M. D., Reichstein, M., Myneni, R. B, Chen, C., Brenning, A. (2021). Where are Global Vegetation Greening and Browning Trends Significant? Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (6), e2020GL091496. http://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091496  [PDF][Supp]

2020 Publications

22. Chen, C.*, Li, D.*, Li, Y., Piao, S., Wang, X., Huang, M., Gentine, P., Nemani, R. R., & Myneni, R.B. (2020). Biophysical impacts of Earth greening largely controlled by aerodynamic resistance, Science Advances, 6(47), eabb1981. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb1981 [PDF] [Supp]

21. Chen, C.*, Wang, L., Myneni, R. B., & Li, D*. (2020). Attribution of land-use/land-cover change induced surface temperature anomaly: How accurate is the first-order Taylor series expansion? Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125, e2020JG005787. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005787 [PDF] [Supp]

20. Xu, B., Li, J.*, Park, T., Liu, Q.*, Zeng, Y., Yin, G., Yan, K., Chen, C., Zhao, J., Fan, W., Knyazikhin, Y. & Myneni, R. B. (2020). Improving leaf area index retrieval over heterogeneous surface mixed with water. Remote Sensing of Environment, 240, 111700. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111700 [PDF]

2019 Publications

19. Chen, C.*, Park, T., Wang, X., Piao, S., Xu, B., Chaturvedi, R. K., Fuchs, R., Brovkin, V., Ciais, P., Fensholt, R., Tømmervik, H., Bala, G., Zhu, Z., Nemani, R. R. & Myneni, R. B. (2019). China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management. Nature Sustainability, 2,122–129. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0220-7 [PDF] [Supp]

18. Piao, S.*, Wang, X., Park, T., Chen, C., Lian, X., He, Y.,  Bjerke, J. W., Chen, A., Ciais, P., Tømmervik, H., Nemani, R. R. & Myneni, R. B. (2019). Characteristics, drivers and feedbacks of global greening. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 359(1763), 716–14. http://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-019-0001-x [PDF] [Supp]

17. Park, T.*, Chen, C., Macias-Fauria, M., Tømmervik, H., Choi, S., Winkler, A., Bhatt, U. S., Walker, D. A., Piao, S., Brovkin, V., Nemani, R. R. & Myneni, R. B. (2019). Changes in timing of seasonal peak photosynthetic activity in northern ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 259(4), 660–14. http://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14638 [PDF] [Supp]

16. Chen, Y., Sun, K.*, Chen, C., Bai, T., Park, T., Wang, W., Nemani, R. R. & Myneni, R. B. (2019). Generation and Evaluation of LAI and FPAR Products from Himawari-8 Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) Data. Remote Sensing, 11(13), 1517–19. http://doi.org/10.3390/rs11131517 [PDF] [Supp]

15. Fan, L., Wigneron, J.-P.*, Ciais, P.*, Chave. J, Brandt, M., Fensholt, R., Saatchi, S. S., Bastos, A., Al-Yaari A., Hufkens, K., Qin, Y., Xiao, X., Chen, C., Myneni, R. B., Fernandez-Moran, R., Mialon, A., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. J., Kerr, Y., Tian, F., Penuelas J. (2019). Satellite observed pantropical carbon dynamics. Nature Plants, 1–15. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0478-9 [PDF] [Supp]

14. Niu, Q.*, Xiao, X., Zhang, Y., Qin, Y., Dang, X., Wang, J., Zou, Z., Doughty, R. B., Brandt, M., Tong, X., Horion, S., Fensholt, R., Chen, C., Myneni, R. B., Xu, W., Di, G. & Zhou, X. (2019). Ecological engineering projects increased vegetation cover, production and biomass in semi‐arid and sub‐humid northern China. Land Degradation & Development, ldr.3351–26. http://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3351 [PDF] [Supp]

2018 Publications

13. Tong, X., Brandt, M., Yue, Y., Horion, S., Wang, K.*, Keersmaecker, W. D., Tian, F., Schurgers, G., Xiao, X., Luo, Y., Chen, C., Myneni, R., Shi, Z., Chen, H. & Fensholt, R. (2018). Increased vegetation growth and carbon stock in China karst via ecological engineering. Nature Sustainability, 1(1), 44. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-017-0004-x [PDF] [Supp]

12. Tian, F.*, Wigneron, J.-P.*, Ciais, P., Chave, J., Ogée, J., Peñuelas, J., Ræbild, A., Domec, J.-C., Tong, X., Brandt, M., Mialon, A., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N., Tagesson, T., Al-Yaari, A., Kerr, Y., Chen, C., Myneni, R. B., Zhang, W., Ardö, J. & Fensholt, R. (2018). Coupling of ecosystem-scale plant water storage and leaf phenology observed by satellite. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(9), 1428–1435. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0630-3 [PDF] [Supp]

11. Xu, B., Park, T.*, Yan, K., Chen, C., Zeng, Y., Song, W., Yin, G., Li, J., Liu, Q., Knyazikhin, Y. & Myneni, R. B. (2018). Analysis of Global LAI/FPAR Products from VIIRS and MODIS Sensors for Spatio-temporal Consistency and Uncertainty over 2012-2016. Forests, 9(2), 73. http://doi.org/10.3390/f9020073 [PDF] [Supp]

10. Yan, K., Park, T.*, Chen, C., Xu, B., Song, W., Bin Yang, Zeng, Y., Liu, Z., Yan, G.*, Knyazikhin, Y. & Myneni, R. B. (2018). Generating Global Products of LAI and FPAR From SNPP-VIIRS Data: Theoretical Background and Implementation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. http://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2017.2775247 [PDF]

9. Bastos, A.*, Friedlingstein, P., Sitch, S., Chen, C., Mialon, A., Wigneron, J.-P., Arora, V. K., Briggs, P. R., Canadell, J. G., Ciais, P., Chevallier, F., Cheng, L., Delire, C., Haverd, V., Jain, A. K., Joos, F., Kato, E., Lienert, S., Lombardozzi, D., Melton, J. R., Myneni, R., Nabel, J. E. M. S., Pongratz, J., Poulter, B., Rödenbeck, C., Séférian, R., Tian, H., van Eck, C., Viovy, N., Vuichard, N., Walker, A. P., Wiltshire, A., Yang, J., Zaehle, S., Zeng, N. & Zhu, D. (2018). Impact of the 2015/2016 El Niño on the terrestrial carbon cycle constrained by bottom-up and top-down approaches. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373(1760), 20170304–11. http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0304 [PDF] [Supp]

8. Song, W.*, Knyazikhin, Y., Wen, G., Marshak, A., Mõttus, M., Yan, K., Yang, B., Xu, B., Park, T., Chen, C., Zeng, Y., Yan, G., Mu, X. & Myneni, R. B. (2018). Implications of Whole-Disc DSCOVR EPIC Spectral Observations for Estimating Earth’s Spectral Reflectivity Based on Low-Earth-Orbiting and Geostationary Observations. Remote Sensing, 10(10), 1594–24. http://doi.org/10.3390/rs10101594 [PDF] [Supp]

7. Li, W.*, Ciais, P., Wang, Y., Yin, Y., Peng, S., Zhu, Z., Bastos, A., Yue, C., Ballantyne, A. P., Broquet, G., Canadell, J. G., Cescatti, A., Chen, C., Cooper, L., Friedlingstein, P., Le Quéré, C., Myneni, R. B. & Piao, S. (2018). Recent changes in global photosynthesis and terrestrial ecosystem respiration constrained from multiple observations. Geophysical Research Letters. http://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076622 [PDF] [Supp]

 2017 Publications

6. Chen, C.*, Knyazikhin, Y., Park, T., Yan, K., Lyapustin, A., Wang, Y., Yang, B. & Myneni, R. B. (2017).         Prototyping of LAI and FPAR Algorithm with MODIS MultiAngle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC) data. Remote Sensing, 9(4), 370. http://doi.org/10.3390/rs9040370 [PDF] [Supp]

5. Yang, B., Knyazikhin, Y.*, Mottus, M., Rautiainen, M., Stenberg, P., Yan, L., Chen, C., Yan, K., Choi, S., Park, T. & Myneni, R. B. (2017). Estimation of leaf area index and its sunlit portion from DSCOVR EPIC data: Theoretical Basis. Remote Sensing of Environment, 198 (2017): 69-84. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.05.033 [PDF]

2016 Publications

4. Yang, B., Knyazikhin, Y., Lin, Y., Yan, K., Chen, C., Park, T., Choi, S., Mõttus, M., Rautiainen, M., Myneni, R. B. & Yan, L.* (2016). Analyses of Impact of Needle Surface Properties on Estimation of Needle Absorption Spectrum: Case Study with Coniferous Needle and Shoot Samples. Remote Sensing, 8(7), 563. http://doi.org/10.3390/rs8070563 [PDF]

3. Yan, K., Park, T., Yan, G.*, Liu, Z., Yang, B., Chen, C., Nemani, R., Knyazikhin, Y. & Myneni, R. B. (2016). Evaluation of MODIS LAI/FPAR Product Collection 6. Part 2: Validation and Intercomparison. Remote Sensing, 8(6), 460. http://doi.org/10.3390/rs8060460 [PDF]

2. Yan, K.*, Park, T.*, Yan, G., Chen, C., Yang, B., Liu, Z., Nemani, R., Knyazikhin, Y. & Myneni, R. B. (2016). Evaluation of MODIS LAI/FPAR product collection 6. Part 1: Consistency and improvements. Remote Sensing, 8(5), 359. http://doi.org/10.3390/rs8050359 [PDF] [Supp]

1. Bi, J.*, Myneni, R. B., Lyapustin, A., Wang, Y., Park, T., Chen, C., Yan, K. & Knyazikhin, Y. (2016). Amazon forests’ response to droughts: A perspective from the MAIAC product. Remote Sensing, 8(4), 356. http://doi.org/10.3390/rs8040356 [PDF] [Supp]

Ph.D. Dissertation

Terrestrial vegetation dynamics and their impacts on surface climate (2020), Boston University [PDF]