Manuscripts Accepted for Publication Kaufmann et al., 2008. Identifying climatic controls on ring width: The timing of correlations between tree rings and NDVI. Earth Interactions, (accepted May 2008). Garrigues et al., 2008. Validation and Intercomparison of Global Leaf Area Index Products Derived from Remote Sensing Data, J. Geophys. Res., (accepted May 2008). Kaufmann et al., 2008. The Power of Monitoring Stations and a CO2 Fertilization Effect: Evidence from Causal Relationships Between NDVI and Carbon Dioxide. Earth Interactions, (accepted Dec 2007). Robinson et al., 2008. An empirical approach to retrieve monthly evapotranspiration over Amazonia, Int. J. Remote Sens., (accepted Sep 2007). Myneni et al., 2008. Leaf area index and fraction of absorbed PAR products from Terra and Aqua MODIS sensors: Analysis, Validation and Refinement (book chapter to appear).