Lagged effects regulate the inter-annual variability of the tropical carbon balance

Bloom, A. Anthony; Bowman, Kevin W.; Liu, Junjie; Konings, Alexandra G.; Worden, John R.; Parazoo, Nicholas C.; Meyer, Victoria; Reager, John T.; Worden, Helen M.; Jiang, Zhe; Quetin, Gregory R.; Smallman, T. Luke; Exbrayat, Jean-François; Yin, Yi; Saatchi, Sassan S.; Williams, Mathew; Schimel, David S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6393-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 24

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6393-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6393-2020

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

Articles | Volume 17, issue 24

Research article

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17 Dec 2020

Research article |

| 17 Dec 2020

Lagged effects regulate the inter-annual variability of the tropical carbon balance

A. Anthony Bloom, Kevin W. Bowman, Junjie Liu, Alexandra G. Konings, John R. Worden, Nicholas C. Parazoo, Victoria Meyer, John T. Reager, Helen M. Worden, Zhe Jiang, Gregory R. Quetin, T. Luke Smallman, Jean-François Exbrayat, Yi Yin, Sassan S. Saatchi, Mathew Williams, and David S. Schimel

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RC1: 'Review comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Mar 2020
- EC1: '"The paper is generally interesting but it presents too much material ..."', Andreas Ibrom, 11 Mar 2020
  - AC1: 'Author responses to reviewers and editor', A. Anthony Bloom, 20 May 2020
- AC1: 'Author responses to reviewers and editor', A. Anthony Bloom, 20 May 2020
RC2: 'Review of "Lagged effects dominate the inter-annual variability of the 2010–2015 tropical carbon balance" by Bloom et al 2019', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Mar 2020
- AC1: 'Author responses to reviewers and editor', A. Anthony Bloom, 20 May 2020

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (20 May 2020) by Andreas Ibrom

AR by A. Anthony Bloom on behalf of the Authors (02 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Aug 2020) by Andreas Ibrom

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (25 Sep 2020)

ED: Publish as is (26 Sep 2020) by Andreas Ibrom

AR by A. Anthony Bloom on behalf of the Authors (06 Oct 2020) Manuscript

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We use a model of the 2001–2015 tropical land carbon cycle, with satellite measurements of land and atmospheric carbon, to disentangle lagged and concurrent effects (due to past and concurrent meteorological events, respectively) on annual land–atmosphere carbon exchanges. The variability of lagged effects explains most 2001–2015 inter-annual carbon flux variations. We conclude that concurrent and lagged effects need to be accurately resolved to better predict the world's land carbon sink.