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            https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4851-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4851-2019
                    © Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under 
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                the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Global biosphere–climate interaction: a causal appraisal of observations and models over multiple temporal scales
Jeroen Claessen
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                                            Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
                                        
                                    Annalisa Molini
                                            Masdar Institute, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
                                        
                                    Brecht Martens
                                            Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
                                        
                                    Matteo Detto
                                            Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
                                        
                                    Matthias Demuzere
                                            Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
                                        
                                    
                                            Department of Geography, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
                                        
                                    Diego G. Miralles
                                            Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
                                        
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- Time‐Scale Dependent Relations Between Earth Observation Based Proxies of Vegetation Productivity N. Linscheid et al. 10.1029/2021GL093285
- Water Stress Dominates 21st‐Century Tropical Land Carbon Uptake P. Levine et al. 10.1029/2023GB007702
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Short summary
                    Bidirectional interactions between vegetation and climate are unraveled over short (monthly) and long (inter-annual) temporal scales. Analyses use a novel causal inference method based on wavelet theory. The performance of climate models at representing these interactions is benchmarked against satellite data. Climate models can reproduce the overall climate controls on vegetation at all temporal scales, while their performance at representing biophysical feedbacks on climate is less adequate.
                    Bidirectional interactions between vegetation and climate are unraveled over short (monthly) and...
                    
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