Reforesting and managing ecosystems have been proposed as ways to mitigate global warming and offset anthropogenic carbon emissions. The intent of our opinion piece is to provide a perspective on how well plants and ecosystems sequester carbon. The ability of individual plants and ecosystems to mine carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, …
Journal: Global Change Biology, Volume : (2018), ISBN . DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14559 Sites: CA-Man, CA-NS1, CA-NS2, CA-NS3, CA-NS4, CA-NS5, CA-NS6, CA-NS7, CA-Qfo, CA-SF1, CA-SF2, CA-SF3, US-AR1, US-AR2, US-ARc, US-ARM, US-Blo, US-GBT, US-GLE, US-HAR, US-KS2, US-Me1, US-MMS, US-Myb, US-NC1, US-NC2, US-PFa, US-Snd, US-SRG, US-Ton, US-Tw1, US-Tw2, US-Tw3, US-Twt, US-Var, US-WCr
Aerodynamic canopy height (ha) is the effective height of vegetation canopy for its influence on atmospheric fluxes and is a key parameter of surface‐atmosphere coupling. However, methods to estimate ha from data are limited. This synthesis evaluates the applicability and robustness of the calculation of ha from eddy covariance …
Journal: Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 45: 9275–9287 (2018), ISBN . DOI: 10.1029/2018GL079306 Sites: BR-Sa1, BR-Sa3, CA-Ca1, CA-Ca2, CA-Ca3, CA-Cbo, CA-ER1, CA-Gro, CA-Man, CA-NS1, CA-NS2, CA-NS3, CA-NS4, CA-NS5, CA-Oas, CA-Obs, CA-Ojp, CA-Qfo, CA-TP1, CA-TP3, CA-TP4, CA-TPD, US-Blo, US-Bn1, US-Bn2, US-Br1, US-Br3, US-Ced, US-CPk, US-CRT, US-Dix, US-Dk2, US-Dk3, US-Fmf, US-Fuf, US-GBT, US-GLE, US-GMF, US-Ha1, US-Ha2, US-Ho2, US-Ho3, US-IB1, US-IB2, US-KL1, US-KL2, US-KL3, US-KM1, US-KM2, US-KM3, US-KM4, US-Me2, US-Me3, US-Me4, US-Me5, US-Me6, US-MMS, US-MRf, US-NC1, US-NC2, US-Ne1, US-Ne2, US-Ne3, US-NR1, US-Oho, US-Prr, US-Ro1, US-Ro3, US-SB1, US-Shd, US-Skr, US-Slt, US-SP1, US-SP2, US-SP3, US-SRM, US-Srr, US-Syv, US-Ton, US-Tw3, US-Twt, US-UMB, US-UMd, US-Var, US-Vcm, US-WBW, US-Wi0, US-Wi1, US-Wi3, US-Wi4, US-Wi5, US-Wi8, US-Wi9, US-Wrc
Stable stratification of the nocturnal lower boundary layer inhibits convective turbulence, such that turbulent vertical transfer of ecosystem carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapor (H2O) and energy is driven by mechanically forced turbulence, either from frictional forces near the ground or top of a plant canopy, or from shear generated …
Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volume 237–238: 18-29 (2017), ISBN . DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.01.020 Sites: US-Ton, US-Wrc
Ecosystem CO2 fluxes measured with eddy-covariance techniques provide a new opportunity to retest functional responses of photosynthesis to abiotic factors at the ecosystem level, but examining the effects of one factor (e.g., temperature) on photosynthesis remains a challenge as other factors may confound under circumstances of …
Journal: Photosynthesis Research, Volume 132 (3): 277-291 (2017), ISBN . DOI: 10.1007/s11120-017-0388-5 Sites: US-Ton
Time series of vegetation indices (e.g. normalized difference vegetation index [NDVI]) and color indices (e.g. green chromatic coordinate [GCC]) based on radiometric measurements are now available at different spatial and temporal scales ranging from weekly satellite observations to sub-hourly in situ measurements …
Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volume : (2017), ISBN . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.11.003 Sites: US-Ton, US-Var
tThe Mediterranean-type oak/grass savanna of California is composed of widely spaced oak trees withunderstory grasses. These savanna regions are interspersed with large areas of more open grasslands.The ability of remotely sensed data (with various spatial resolutions) to monitor the phenology in thesewater-limited oak/grass savannas …
Journal: Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, Volume 237-238: 311-325 (2017), ISBN . DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.02.026 Sites: US-Ton, US-Var
Journal: Nature Climate Change, Volume 6 (11): 1023-1027 (2016), ISBN . DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3114 Sites: US-ARM, US-Bar, US-Blk, US-Blo, US-Bo1, US-Br3, US-Dk1, US-Dk2, US-Dk3, US-Fmf, US-FR2, US-Fuf, US-GLE, US-IB1, US-IB2, US-KFS, US-Kon, US-KS2, US-Me1, US-Me2, US-MMS, US-MOz, US-MRf, US-Ne1, US-Ne3, US-NR1, US-Oho, US-SRG, US-SRM, US-Syv, US-Ton, US-UMB, US-Var, US-WBW, US-WCr, US-Whs, US-Wkg
Many ecophysiological and biogeochemical processes respond rapidly to changes in biotic and abiotic conditions, while ecosystem-level responses develop much more slowly (e.g., over months, seasons, years, or decades). To better understand the role of the slow responses in regulating interannual variability in NEE, we partitioned …
Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volume : 252-264 (2016), ISBN . DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.07.016 Sites: US-Ton, US-Var
Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volume 226: 132-147 (2016), ISBN . DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.05.020 Sites: US-Ton
The global terrestrial carbon sink offsets one-third of the world’s fossil fuel emissions, but the strength of this sink is highly sensitive to large-scale extreme events. In 2012, the contiguous United States experienced exceptionally warm temperatures and the most severe drought since the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, resulting …
Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 113 (21): 5880-5885 (2016), ISBN . DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1519620113 Sites: US-Bar, US-Ced, US-Ho1, US-KFS, US-Kon, US-Me2, US-Me6, US-MMS, US-Mpj, US-NR1, US-PFa, US-Slt, US-SRC, US-SRM, US-Ton, US-UMB, US-Var, US-Vcm, US-Vcp, US-Whs, US-Wjs, US-Wkg