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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-4135-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-4135-2025
Research article
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26 Aug 2025
Research article |  | 26 Aug 2025

Climate impact on mean annual cycle and interannual variability of CO2 fluxes in European deciduous broadleaf and evergreen needleleaf forests: insights from observations and state-of-the-art data-driven and process-based models

Asmat Ullah, Julien Crétat, Gaïa Michel, Olivier Mathieu, Mathieu Thevenot, Andrey Dara, Robert Granat, Zhendong Wu, Clément Bonnefoy-Claudet, Julianne Capelle, Jean Cacot, and John S. Kimball

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We analyse how climate drives seasonal and interannual CO2 flux variability in European forests using data from 19 sites and both process-based and data-driven models. The impact of climate on the CO2 flux annual cycle is strong and quite similar across Europe. On the other hand, the impact of climate on year-to-year CO2 flux variability depends on the region and the season, with reversed correlations between spring and summer in northern and central Europe.
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