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Abstract:
Remote sensing of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) has been suggested as a promising
approach for probing changes in global terrestrial gross primary productivity (GPP). To date, however,
most studies were conducted in situations when/where changes in both SIF and GPP were driven by
large changes in the absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (APAR) and phenology. Here we
quantified SIF and GPP during a short-term intense heat wave at a Mediterranean pine forest, during
which changes in APAR were negligible. GPP decreased linearly during the course of the heat wave,
while SIF declined slightly initially and then dropped dramatically during the peak of the heat wave,
temporally coinciding with a biochemical impairment of photosynthesis inferred from the increase
in the uptake ratio of carbonyl sulfide to carbon dioxide. SIF thus accounted for less than 35% of the
variability in GPP and, even though it responded to the impairment of photosynthesis, appears to offer
limited potential for quantitatively monitoring GPP during heat waves in the absence of large changes
in APAR.
