Articles | Volume 20, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4455-2023
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4455-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Sap flow and leaf gas exchange response to a drought and heatwave in urban green spaces in a Nordic city
Joyson Ahongshangbam
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki, Finland
Liisa Kulmala
Climate System Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Jesse Soininen
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Yasmin Frühauf
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Esko Karvinen
Climate System Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Yann Salmon
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Anna Lintunen
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Anni Karvonen
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Leena Järvi
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki, Finland
Data sets
Datasets of sap flow, meteorological, leaf gas measurements in urban green areas in Helsinki Joyson Ahongshangbam, Liisa Kulmala, and Leena Järvi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7525319
Short summary
Urban vegetation is important for removing urban CO2 emissions and cooling. We studied the response of urban trees' functions (photosynthesis and transpiration) to a heatwave and drought at four urban green areas in the city of Helsinki. We found that tree water use was increased during heatwave and drought periods, but there was no change in the photosynthesis rates. The heat and drought conditions were severe at the local scale but were not excessive enough to restrict urban trees' functions.
Urban vegetation is important for removing urban CO2 emissions and cooling. We studied the...
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