How do ecosystems respond to changing weather patterns, rising temperatures and increasing carbon dioxide concentrations? Is the effect of precipitation more important than that of temperature? Or are ecosystem dynamics more strongly affected by nutrient availability? What is the role of extreme events in shaping biogeochemical cycles? To find out the answers we need to understand the interactions among three complex systems: climate, vegetation, and soil. Thus, we combine experiments and in-situ long-term observation with Earth Observations gathered by aircraft and satellites across a range of spatial scales, and embrace data-driven machine learning and theory-driven mechanistic modelling. With our research, we try to understand how the terrestrial biosphere reacts to and exerts feedbacks on ongoing environmental change and variation in atmospheric conditions.
Latest publications
Jung, M., Nelson, J. A., Migliavacca, M., El-Madany, T. S., Papale, D., Reichstein, M., et al.(2024).Technical note: Flagging inconsistencies in flux tower data.Biogeosciences,21(7), 1827-1846. doi:10.5194/bg-21-1827-2024.
Jung, M., Nelson, J. A., Migliavacca, M., El-Madany, T. S., Papale, D., Reichstein, M., et al.(2024).Technical note: Flagging inconsistencies in flux tower data.Biogeosciences,21(7), 1827-1846. doi:10.5194/bg-21-1827-2024.
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Wigneron, J.-P.; Ciais, P.; Li, X.; Brandt, M.; Canadell, J. G.; Tian, F.; Wang, H.; Bastos, A.; Fan, L.; Gatica, G.et al.; Kashyap, R.; Liu, X.; Sitch, S.; Tao, S.; Xiao, X.; Yang, H.; Villar, J. C. E.; Frappart, F.; Li, W.; Qin, Y.; Truchis, A. D.; Fensholt, R.: Global carbon balance of the forest: satellite-based L-VOD results over the last decade. Frontiers in Remote Sensing 5, 1338618 (2024)
Wanner, L.; Jung, M.; Paleri, S.; Butterworth, B. J.; Desai, A. R.; Sühring, M.; Mauder, M.: Towards energy-balance closure with a model of dispersive heat fluxes. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 190, 25 (2024)
Nauber, T.; Hodač, L.; Wäldchen, J.; Mäder, P.: Parametrization of biological assumptions to simulate growth of tree branching architectures. Tree Physiology (accepted)
Ruiz-Vásquez, M.; Arias, P. A.; Martínez, J. A.: Enso influence on water vapor transport and thermodynamics over Northwestern South America. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 155, pp. 3771 - 3789 (2024)
