Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents

Authors

• Chuixiang Yi, Queens College, City University of New York
• Runze Li, ORNL Environmental Sciences Division
• John Wolbeck, Pennsylvania State University
• Xiyan Xu, Queens College, City University of New York
• Mats Nilsson, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
• Luis Aires, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
• John D. Albertson, Duke University
• Christof Ammann, Forschungsanstalt Agroscope Reckenholz-Tanikon
• M. Altaf Arain, McMaster University
• Alessandro C. De Araujo, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia
• Marc Aubinet, Université de Liège
• Mika Aurela, Finnish Meteorological Institute
• Zoltán Barcza, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
• Alan Barr, Environment and Climate Change Canada
• Paul Berbigier, Centre INRAE Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux
• Jason Beringer, Monash University
• Christian Bernhofer, Technische Universität Dresden
• Andrew T. Black, The University of British Columbia
• Paul V. Bolstad, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Fred C. Bosveld, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• Mark S.J. Broadmeadow, Forest Research
• Nina Buchmann, ETH Zürich
• Sean P. Burns, National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Pierre Cellier, AgroParisTech
• Jingming Chen, University of Toronto
• Jiquan Chen, The University of Toledo
• Philippe Ciais, CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
• Robert Clement, The University of Edinburgh
• Bruce D. Cook, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Peter S. Curtis, The Ohio State University
• D. Bryan Dail, University of Maine
• Ebba Dellwik, Technical University of Denmark
• Christopher A. Williams, Clark UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Understanding the relationships between climate and carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems is critical to predict future levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide because of the potential accelerating effects of positive climate-carbon cycle feedbacks. However, directly observed relationships between climate and terrestrial CO2exchange with the atmosphere across biomes and continents are lacking. Here we present data describing the relationships between net ecosystem exchange of carbon (NEE) and climate factors as measured using the eddy covariance method at 125 unique sites in various ecosystems over six continents with a total of 559 site-years. We find that NEE observed at eddy covariance sites is (1) a strong function of mean annual temperature at mid- and high-latitudes, (2) a strong function of dryness at mid- and low-latitudes, and (3) a function of both temperature and dryness around the mid-latitudinal belt (45°N). The sensitivity of NEE to mean annual temperature breaks down at ∼16 ®C (a threshold value of mean annual temperature), above which no further increase of CO,.2uptake with temperature was observed and dryness influence overrules temperature influence. © 2010 lOP Publishing Ltd.

Publication Title

Environmental Research Letters

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Volume

5

Issue

3

DOI

10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034007

Keywords

biomes, climate control, dryness, eddy flux, global carbon cycle, NEE, photosynthesis, respiration, temperature, terrestrial carbon sequestration

Repository Citation

Yi, Chuixiang; Li, Runze; Wolbeck, John; Xu, Xiyan; Nilsson, Mats; Aires, Luis; Albertson, John D.; Ammann, Christof; Arain, M. Altaf; De Araujo, Alessandro C.; Aubinet, Marc; Aurela, Mika; Barcza, Zoltán; Barr, Alan; Berbigier, Paul; Beringer, Jason; Bernhofer, Christian; Black, Andrew T.; Bolstad, Paul V.; Bosveld, Fred C.; Broadmeadow, Mark S.J.; Buchmann, Nina; Burns, Sean P.; Cellier, Pierre; Chen, Jingming; Chen, Jiquan; Ciais, Philippe; Clement, Robert; Cook, Bruce D.; Curtis, Peter S.; Dail, D. Bryan; Dellwik, Ebba; and Williams, Christopher A., "Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents" (2010). Geography. 916.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/916

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Published source must be acknowledged with citation:
Yi, Chuixiang, et al. "Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents." Environmental Research Letters 5.3 (2010): 034007.