Table 1.

Detected changes of Amazon forests from 2004 to 2008

Regions/Indicators	2004-2008	Annual Change	Annual % Change
RH90(m, South)	−1.11 ± 0.48a	−0.28 ± 0.12a	−1.06 ± 0.45%a
RH90(m, North)	−0.39 ± 0.82	−0.10 ± 0.20	−0.37 ± 0.78%
RH90(m, Basin)	−0.82 ± 0.45a	−0.20 ± 0.11a	−0.77 ± 0.43%a
AGB (Mg ha−1; South)	−5.72 ± 2.52a	−1.43 ± 0.63a	−0.68 ± 0.30%a
AGB (Mg ha−1; North)	−1.60 ± 4.58	−0.40 ± 1.15	−0.18 ± 0.51%
AGB (Mg ha−1; Basin)	−4.10 ± 2.32a	−1.03 ± 0.58a	−0.47 ± 0.27%a
Total Carbon (PgC; South)	−0.86 ± 0.38a	−0.22 ± 0.09a	−0.66 ± 0.29%a
Total Carbon (PgC; North)	−0.29 ± 0.83	−0.07 ± 0.21	−0.18 ± 0.50%
Total Carbon (PgC; Basin)	−1.06 ± 0.60a	−0.27 ± 0.15a	−0.46 ± 0.26%a

Gross changes are shown for GLAS-derived top canopy height (RH90) and carbon storage (average AGB and Total Carbon) in the north, south, and the entire Amazon Basin. The uncertainty values added to the mean changes are at 95% confidence intervals. Annual change is the average change per year calculated from 2004 to 2008, and the % change is the relative change of each region to the observations in 2004. Region South (shown in Fig. 3a) combines ED, SD, and MD (Fig. 1a), while region North combines LD and ND. The Basin region is delineated in Fig. 1a with purple lines

^aThe change is significant at 5% level