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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3391-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3391-2021
Research article
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07 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 07 Jun 2021

A survey of proximal methods for monitoring leaf phenology in temperate deciduous forests

Kamel Soudani, Nicolas Delpierre, Daniel Berveiller, Gabriel Hmimina, Jean-Yves Pontailler, Lou Seureau, Gaëlle Vincent, and Éric Dufrêne

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We present an exhaustive comparative survey of eight proximal methods to estimate forest phenology. We focused on methodological aspects and thoroughly assessed deviations between predicted and observed phenological dates and pointed out their main causes. We show that proximal methods provide robust phenological metrics. They can be used to retrieve long-term phenological series at flux measurement sites and help interpret the interannual variability and trends of mass and energy exchanges.
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