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

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

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4443-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4443-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4443-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 17

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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RC1: 'A new study on interannual relationships between vegetation LAI and water/energy/carbon fluxes across global ecosystems using flux measurements', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'eply to referee #1', Anne Hoek van Dijke, 14 May 2020
RC2: 'Examining the link between vegetation leaf area and land-atmosphere exchange of water, energy, and carbon fluxes using FLUXNET data', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Apr 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to referee #2', Anne Hoek van Dijke, 14 May 2020
SC1: 'Interactive comment on “Examining the link between vegetation leaf area and land-atmosphere exchange of water, energy, and carbon fluxes using FLUXNET data” by Anne J. Hoek van Dijke et al.', Marijn Van de Broek, 09 Apr 2020
- AC3: 'Reply to referee #3', Anne Hoek van Dijke, 14 May 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (20 May 2020) by Eyal Rotenberg

AR by Anne Hoek van Dijke on behalf of the Authors (19 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (07 Jul 2020) by Eyal Rotenberg

AR by Anne Hoek van Dijke on behalf of the Authors (08 Jul 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Jul 2020) by Eyal Rotenberg

AR by Anne Hoek van Dijke on behalf of the Authors (25 Jul 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

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.