Summarizing the state of the terrestrial biosphere in few dimensions

Kraemer, Guido; Camps-Valls, Gustau; Reichstein, Markus; Mahecha, Miguel D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2397-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2397-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2397-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 9

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Summarizing the state of the terrestrial biosphere in few dimensions

Guido Kraemer, Gustau Camps-Valls, Markus Reichstein, and Miguel D. Mahecha

Data sets

Summarizing the state of the terrestrial biosphere in few dimensions G. Kraemer, G. Camps-Valls, M. Reichstein, and M. D. Mahecha https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3733766

Model code and software

gdkrmr/summarizing_the_state_of_the_biosphere v1.1.1 G. Kraemer https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3733783

Interactive computing environment

Summarizing the state of the terrestrial biosphere in few dimensions G. Kraemer, G. Camps-Valls, M. Reichstein, and M. D. Mahecha https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3733766

Short summary

To closely monitor the state of our planet, we require systems that can monitor the observation of many different properties at the same time. We create indicators that resemble the behavior of many different simultaneous observations. We apply the method to create indicators representing the Earth's biosphere. The indicators show a productivity gradient and a water gradient. The resulting indicators can detect a large number of changes and extremes in the Earth system.