Vegetation Remote Sensing & Climate Research

Prof. Ranga B. Myneni
Department of Earth & Environment, Boston University, USA
PhD in Biology, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Adviser: Prof. Dr. Ir. Ivan Impens

MAIN DISCOVERY
“The Greening Earth” from Warming, CO2 Fertilization and Human Activities [Review Greening Earth]

Other Research Contributions:
– Vegetation green leaf area & related data sets from satellite measurements (Example Articles: 1, 2 and 3) ***Download Data Here***
– Theory, Data and Science of vegetation remote sensing from satellites (Books: 1 and 2 )

Teaching Courses
Research Publications
– Web of Science Citations
– Google Scholar Citations

Other
– Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
– NASA MODIS, MISR (ex) and Suomi VIIRS Sensors Science Team Member
– IPCC WG1 AR5 Chapter 6 Lead Author
– Highly Cited Researcher:
— Geosciences & Environment and Ecology – 2024
— Geosciences & Environment and Ecology – 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
— Cross Field – 2018
— Geosciences – 2014