Articles | Volume 19, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13017-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13017-2019
Research article
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22 Oct 2019
Research article |  | 22 Oct 2019

On what scales can GOSAT flux inversions constrain anomalies in terrestrial ecosystems?

Brendan Byrne, Dylan B. A. Jones, Kimberly Strong, Saroja M. Polavarapu, Anna B. Harper, David F. Baker, and Shamil Maksyutov

Data sets

carbontracker National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Earth System Laboratory (ESRL) https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/carbontracker/

GOSAT Data Archive Service National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) https://data2.gosat.nies.go.jp

Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 Global Modeling and Assimilation Office https://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/reanalysis/MERRA-2/

Dai Global Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) A. Dai https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QF8R93

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Interannual variations in net ecosystem exchange (NEE) estimated from the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) XCO2 measurements are shown to be correlated (P < 0.05) with temperature and FLUXCOM NEE anomalies. Furthermore, the GOSAT-informed NEE anomalies are found to be better correlated with temperature and FLUXCOM anomalies than NEE estimates from most terrestrial biosphere models, suggesting that GOSAT CO2 measurements provide a useful constraint on NEE interannual variability.
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