Articles | Volume 13, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6015-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6015-2016
Research article
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03 Nov 2016
Research article |  | 03 Nov 2016

Quantifying the missing link between forest albedo and productivity in the boreal zone

Aarne Hovi, Jingjing Liang, Lauri Korhonen, Hideki Kobayashi, and Miina Rautiainen

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (24 Aug 2016) by Sebastiaan Luyssaert
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (11 Oct 2016) by Sebastiaan Luyssaert
AR by Aarne Hovi on behalf of the Authors (17 Oct 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (19 Oct 2016) by Sebastiaan Luyssaert
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We investigated forest albedo and FAPAR in Alaska and Finland in the boreal zone, using a radiative transfer model parameterized with forest inventory data. Albedo and canopy FAPAR were tightly connected in coniferous forests, indicating that managing forests to increase albedo may compromise productivity. Alaskan and Finnish forests differed in their albedo and FAPAR values, and solar elevation was an important factor controlling the relationships between forest structure, albedo, and FAPAR.
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