Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1033-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1033-2020
Research article
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26 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 26 Feb 2020

Estimating causal networks in biosphere–atmosphere interaction with the PCMCI approach

Christopher Krich, Jakob Runge, Diego G. Miralles, Mirco Migliavacca, Oscar Perez-Priego, Tarek El-Madany, Arnaud Carrara, and Miguel D. Mahecha

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Causal inference promises new insight into biosphere–atmosphere interactions using time series only. To understand the behaviour of a specific method on such data, we used artificial and observation-based data. The observed structures are very interpretable and reveal certain ecosystem-specific behaviour, as only a few relevant links remain, in contrast to pure correlation techniques. Thus, causal inference allows to us gain well-constrained insights into processes and interactions.
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