Fig. 3.
Correlation coefficients. (A) Correlation between first differences of LAI and solar radiation. The first differences of LAI [ΔLAI(t)] are calculated as LAI(t + 1) − LAI(t), where t is months in the timeline March 2000 to May 2005. The number of data points is 62 for each pixel. Correlation coefficients greater than 0.25 or less than −0.25 are shown (P < 0.05). The analysis was performed for rainforest pixels with LAI amplitudes greater than 0.66 or less than −0.66; this threshold (|0.66|) is the smallest LAI difference discernable with the MODIS LAI data set (see SI Materials and Methods). (B) Correlation between first differences of LAI and precipitation.