title: Reply to Gonsamo et al.: Effect of the Eastern Atlantic-West Russia pattern on Amazon vegetation has not been demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forest Engineering Resources and Management, College of Forestry, Corvallis, OR 97331; thomas.hilker@oregonstate.edu.
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authors.lastname: Hilker
authors.affiliation: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD 20771;
authors.forename: Alexei I
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authors.lastname: Lyapustin
authors.affiliation: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD 20771;
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authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.affiliation: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD 20771; Joint Center for Earth System Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21228;
authors.forename: Forrest G
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authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215; and.
authors.forename: Ranga B
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authors.lastname: Myneni
authors.affiliation: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD 20771; Joint Center for Earth System Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21228;
authors.forename: Yujie
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authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215; and.
authors.forename: Jian
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authors.lastname: Bi
authors.affiliation: Divisão de Sensoriamento Remoto, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos, 12245-970 São Paulo State, Brazil.
authors.forename: Yhasmin
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authors.lastname: Mendes de Moura
authors.affiliation: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD 20771;
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mesh_terms: D057231:Climate Change; D065948:Grassland; D008954:Models, Biological; D011891:Rain; D065947:Rainforest