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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5575-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5575-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Observed water and light limitation across global ecosystems
François Jonard
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Earth Observation and Ecosystem Modelling Laboratory, SPHERES
Research Unit, Université de Liège (ULiege), 4000 Liège, Belgium
Agrosphere (IBG-3), Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Jülich
Research Centre, Jülich, Germany
Andrew F. Feldman
NASA Postdoctoral Program, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD, USA
Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD, USA
Daniel J. Short Gianotti
Parsons Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
Dara Entekhabi
Parsons Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Climate Change Is Altering Ecosystem Water Use Efficiency in Water‐Limited Ecosystems T. Green et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70459
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We investigate the spatial and temporal patterns of light and water limitation in plant function at the ecosystem scale. Using satellite observations, we characterize the nonlinear relationships between sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) and water and light availability. This study highlights that soil moisture limitations on SIF are found primarily in drier environments, while light limitations are found in intermediately wet regions.
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