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Department of Earth System Science, UCI
UC Irvine
Peer Reviewed
Title:
Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents
Author:
Yi, C.
Ricciuota, D.
Goulden, M. L.
Publication Date:
08-16-2010
Series:
Faculty Publications
Permalink:
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1b3284r9
Original Citation:
Yi. C., D. Ricciuota and 149 coauthors. 2010. Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across
biomes and continents. Environmental Research Letters. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034007
Published Web Location:
http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/5/3/034007/
Abstract:
Understanding the relationships between climate and carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems
is critical to predict future levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide because of the potential
accelerating effects of positive climate–carbon cycle feedbacks. However, directly observed
relationships between climate and terrestrial CO2 exchange with the atmosphere across biomes
and continents are lacking. Here we present data describing the relationships between net
ecosystem exchange of carbon (NEE) and climate factors as measured using the eddy covariance
method at 125 unique sites in various ecosystems over six continents with a total of 559 site-
years. We find that NEE observed at eddy covariance sites is (1) a strong function of mean annual
temperature at mid- and high-latitudes, (2) a strong function of dryness at mid- and low-latitudes,
and (3) a function of both temperature and dryness around the mid-latitudinal belt (45°N). The
sensitivity of NEE to mean annual temperature breaks down at ~ 16 °C (a threshold value of
mean annual temperature), above which no further increase of CO2 uptake with temperature was
observed and dryness influence overrules temperature influence.
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