{"id":5,"date":"2013-07-26T10:17:55","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T14:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T13:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T18:15:23","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\" size=\"2\"> <\/span>This is the home page of <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/people\/professors\/prof-ranga-b-myneni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Ranga B. Myneni&#8217;s <\/a> Climate and Vegetation research group in the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">MAIN DISCOVERY<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<b>&#8220;The Greening Earth&#8221;<\/b> from <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/files\/2013\/12\/Myneni_Nature.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Warming<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/files\/2016\/04\/zhu-greening-earth-ncc-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CO2 Fertilization<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/files\/2019\/02\/Chen-NSUST-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Human Activities<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s43017-019-0001-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review Greening Earth<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/files\/2023\/10\/LAI-Change.png\" width=\"458\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Other Research Contributions:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vegetation green leaf area &amp; related data sets from satellite measurements (Example Articles: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/files\/2013\/12\/Myneni_IEEE_1997.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/files\/2023\/10\/YK-MODIS-MISR-JGR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/files\/2016\/04\/kai-modis-c6-01-rs-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/datacodes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> ***Download Data Here***<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Theory, Data and Science of vegetation remote sensing from satellites (Books: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1 <\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-642-75389-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 <\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><b>People:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/files\/2023\/12\/Cliveg-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Since 1997<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Research:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/highlights\/articles-with-press-releases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1) Highlights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2) Publications<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Data Sets:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/datacodes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NDVI, LAI &amp; FPAR Data Sets<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Videos:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c54axUt1E2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1) The Greening Earth<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6KTnbgDINEE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2) Arctic Greening<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zOwHT8yS1XI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3) NASA Video of Greening Earth<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b>: Data and information is provided for informational purposes only. 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