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Model description paper
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11 Mar 2021
Model description paper |
| 11 Mar 2021
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Integrated modeling of canopy photosynthesis, fluorescence, and the transfer of energy, mass, and momentum in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum (STEMMUS–SCOPE v1.0.0)
Yunfei Wang
College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, China
Institute of Water Saving Agriculture in Arid Regions of China (IWSA), Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, China
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Water and Soil Conservation, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, China
Yijian Zeng
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
Lianyu Yu
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
Peiqi Yang
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
Christiaan Van der Tol
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
Qiang Yu
State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Water and Soil Conservation, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, China
Xiaoliang Lü
State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Water and Soil Conservation, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, China
Huanjie Cai
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, China
Institute of Water Saving Agriculture in Arid Regions of China (IWSA), Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, China
Zhongbo Su
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
Key Laboratory of Subsurface Hydrology and Ecological Effects in Arid Region, Ministry of Education, School of Water and Environment, Chang'an University, Xi'an, China
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Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) has the potential to facilitate the monitoring of photosynthesis from space. This study presents a systematic analysis of the physical and physiological meaning of the relationship between fluorescence and photosynthesis at both leaf and canopy levels. We unravel the individual effects of incoming light, vegetation structure and leaf physiology and highlight their joint effects on the relationship between canopy fluorescence and photosynthesis.
Lianyu Yu, Simone Fatichi, Yijian Zeng, and Zhongbo Su
The Cryosphere, 14, 4653–4673, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4653-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4653-2020, 2020
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The role of soil water and heat transfer physics in portraying the function of a cold region ecosystem was investigated. We found that explicitly considering the frozen soil physics and coupled water and heat transfer is important in mimicking soil hydrothermal dynamics. The presence of soil ice can alter the vegetation leaf onset date and deep leakage. Different complexity in representing vadose zone physics does not considerably affect interannual energy, water, and carbon fluxes.
Bart Schilperoort, Miriam Coenders-Gerrits, César Jiménez Rodríguez, Christiaan van der Tol, Bas van de Wiel, and Hubert Savenije
Biogeosciences, 17, 6423–6439, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6423-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6423-2020, 2020
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With distributed temperature sensing (DTS) we measured a vertical temperature profile in a forest, from the forest floor to above the treetops. Using this temperature profile we can see which parts of the forest canopy are colder (thus more dense) or warmer (and less dense) and study the effect this has on the suppression of turbulent mixing. This can be used to improve our knowledge of the interaction between the atmosphere and forests and improve carbon dioxide flux measurements over forests.
Xu Yuan, Xiaolong Yu, and Zhongbo Su
Ocean Sci., 16, 1285–1296, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1285-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1285-2020, 2020
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This work investigates the variabilities of the barrier layer thickness (BLT) in the tropical Indian Ocean with the Simple Ocean Data Assimilation version 3 ocean reanalysis data. Our results show that the seasonal variation of the BLT is in relation to the changes of thermocline and sea surface salinity. In terms of the interannual timescale, BLT presents a clear seasonal phase locking dominated by different drivers during the Indian Dipole and El Niño–Southern Oscillation events.
Lianyu Yu, Yijian Zeng, and Zhongbo Su
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 4813–4830, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4813-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4813-2020, 2020
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Soil mass and heat transfer processes were represented in three levels of model complexities to understand soil freeze–thaw mechanisms. Results indicate that coupled mass and heat transfer models considerably improved simulations of the soil hydrothermal regime. Vapor flow and thermal effects on water flow are the main mechanisms for the improvements. Given the explicit consideration of airflow, vapor flow and its effects on heat transfer were enhanced during the freeze–thaw transition period.
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Short summary
This study integrates photosynthesis and transfer of energy, mass, and momentum in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum system, via a simplified 1D root growth model. The results indicated that the simulation of land surface fluxes was significantly improved by considering the root water uptake, especially when vegetation was experiencing severe water stress. This finding highlights the importance of enhanced soil heat and moisture transfer in simulating ecosystem functioning.
This study integrates photosynthesis and transfer of energy, mass, and momentum in the...
