{"id":32,"date":"2013-09-06T16:01:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T20:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-02-21T13:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T18:17:49","slug":"prof-ranga-b-myneni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/people\/professors\/prof-ranga-b-myneni\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Prof. Ranga B. Myneni<\/b>
\nDepartment of Earth & Environment, Boston University, USA
\nPhD in Biology, University of Antwerp, Belgium
\nAdviser: Prof. Dr. Ir. Ivan Impens<\/p>\n

MAIN DISCOVERY<\/span><\/strong>
\n“The Greening Earth”<\/b> from Warming<\/a>, CO2 Fertilization<\/a> and Human Activities<\/a> [Review Greening Earth<\/a>]<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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

Teaching <\/b>Courses<\/a>
\nResearch <\/b>Publications<\/a>
\n– Web of Science Citations<\/a>
\n– Google Scholar Citations<\/a><\/p>\n

Other<\/b>
\n– Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation<\/a>, Germany
\n– NASA MODIS<\/a>, MISR (ex) and Suomi VIIRS<\/a> Sensors Science Team Member
\n– IPCC WG1 AR5 Chapter 6 Lead Author<\/a>
\n– Highly Cited Researcher:
\n— Geosciences & Environment and Ecology – 2025 <\/a>
\n— Geosciences & Environment and Ecology – 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 <\/a>
\n— Cross Field – 2018<\/a>
\n— Geosciences – 2014 <\/a><\/p>\n

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