Articles | Volume 17, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4443-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4443-2020
Research article
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04 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 04 Sep 2020

Examining the link between vegetation leaf area and land–atmosphere exchange of water, energy, and carbon fluxes using FLUXNET data

Anne J. Hoek van Dijke, Kaniska Mallick, Martin Schlerf, Miriam Machwitz, Martin Herold, and Adriaan J. Teuling

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (20 May 2020) by Eyal Rotenberg
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (07 Jul 2020) by Eyal Rotenberg
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We investigated the link between the vegetation leaf area index (LAI) and the land–atmosphere exchange of water, energy, and carbon fluxes. We show that the correlation between the LAI and water and energy fluxes depends on the vegetation type and aridity. For carbon fluxes, however, the correlation with the LAI was strong and independent of vegetation and aridity. This study provides insight into when the vegetation LAI can be used to model or extrapolate land–atmosphere fluxes.
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