Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1301-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1301-2024
Research article
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18 Mar 2024
Research article |  | 18 Mar 2024

Resolving heterogeneous fluxes from tundra halves the growing season carbon budget

Sarah M. Ludwig, Luke Schiferl, Jacqueline Hung, Susan M. Natali, and Roisin Commane

Model code and software

arctic-carbon/heterogeneous_C_fluxes: v1.0.0 S. M. Ludwig https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10578675

arctic-carbon/eddy-footprint: v0.2.2 S. M. Ludwig and M. P. Jones https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10578685

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Landscapes are often assumed to be homogeneous when using eddy covariance fluxes, which can lead to biases when calculating carbon budgets. In this study we report eddy covariance carbon fluxes from heterogeneous tundra. We used the footprints of each flux observation to unmix the fluxes coming from components of the landscape. We identified and quantified hot spots of carbon emissions in the landscape. Accurately scaling with landscape heterogeneity yielded half as much regional carbon uptake.
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