Macro to micro: microwave remote sensing of plant water content for physiology and ecology

AG Konings, K Rao, SC Steele‐Dunne - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although primarily valued for their suitability for oceanographic applications and soil
moisture estimation, microwave remote sensing observations are also sensitive to plant …

The importance of consistent global forest aboveground biomass product validation

L Duncanson, J Armston, M Disney, V Avitabile… - Surveys in …, 2019 - Springer
Several upcoming satellite missions have core science requirements to produce data for
accurate forest aboveground biomass mapping. Largely because of these mission datasets …

The Community Land Model version 5: Description of new features, benchmarking, and impact of forcing uncertainty

DM Lawrence, RA Fisher, CD Koven… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Community Land Model (CLM) is the land component of the Community Earth
System Model (CESM) and is used in several global and regional modeling systems. In this …

Overview of the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM2) and key climate response of CMIP6 DECK, historical, and scenario simulations

Ø Seland, M Bentsen, D Olivié… - Geoscientific Model …, 2020 - gmd.copernicus.org
The second version of the coupled Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM2) is presented
and evaluated. NorESM2 is based on the second version of the Community Earth System …

[HTML][HTML] The global forest above-ground biomass pool for 2010 estimated from high-resolution satellite observations

M Santoro, O Cartus, N Carvalhais… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
The terrestrial forest carbon pool is poorly quantified, in particular in regions with low forest
inventory capacity. By combining multiple satellite observations of synthetic aperture radar …

Global fire emissions estimates during 1997–2016

GR Van Der Werf, JT Randerson… - Earth System …, 2017 - essd.copernicus.org
Climate, land use, and other anthropogenic and natural drivers have the potential to
influence fire dynamics in many regions. To develop a mechanistic understanding of the …

Unexpectedly large impact of forest management and grazing on global vegetation biomass

KH Erb, T Kastner, C Plutzar, ALS Bais, N Carvalhais… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Carbon stocks in vegetation have a key role in the climate system,,,. However, the
magnitude, patterns and uncertainties of carbon stocks and the effect of land use on the …

Tall Amazonian forests are less sensitive to precipitation variability

F Giardina, AG Konings, D Kennedy… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Climate change is altering the dynamics, structure and function of the Amazon, a biome
deeply connected to the Earth's carbon cycle. Climate factors that control the spatial and …

Are terrestrial biosphere models fit for simulating the global land carbon sink?

C Seiler, JR Melton, VK Arora, S Sitch… - Journal of Advances …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Global Carbon Project estimates that the terrestrial biosphere has absorbed
about one‐third of anthropogenic CO2 emissions during the 1959–2019 period. This sink …

Estimation of forest aboveground biomass and uncertainties by integration of field measurements, airborne LiDAR, and SAR and optical satellite data in Mexico

M Urbazaev, C Thiel, F Cremer, R Dubayah… - Carbon balance and …, 2018 - Springer
Background Information on the spatial distribution of aboveground biomass (AGB) over
large areas is needed for understanding and managing processes involved in the carbon …