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  Estimating the carbon balance of central Siberia using a landscape-ecosystem approach, atmospheric inversion and Dynamic Global Vegetation Models

Quegan, S., Beer, C., Shvidenko, A., Mccallum, I., Handoh, I. C., Peylin, P., et al. (2011). Estimating the carbon balance of central Siberia using a landscape-ecosystem approach, atmospheric inversion and Dynamic Global Vegetation Models. Global Change Biology, 17(1), 351-365. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02275.x.

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Quegan, S., Author
Beer, C.1, Author           
Shvidenko, A., Author
Mccallum, I., Author
Handoh, I. C., Author
Peylin, P., Author
Rödenbeck, C.2, Author           
Lucht, W., Author
Nilsson, S., Author
Schmullius, C., Author
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1Research Group Biogeochemical Model-data Integration, Dr. M. Reichstein, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Society, ou_1497760              
2Inverse Data-driven Estimation, Dr. C. Rödenbeck, Department Biogeochemical Systems, Prof. M. Heimann, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Society, ou_1497785              

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Free keywords: biomass carbon balance heterotrophic respiration net primary production Siberia soil carbon russian forests CO2 flux productivity transport budget fire northern land respiration
 Abstract: Northern Eurasia is the largest terrestrial reservoir of carbon, and its dynamics and interactions with climate are globally significant. We present five independent estimates of the contemporary carbon balance of central Siberia using three different methodologies: a landscape-ecosystem approach (LEA) that amalgamates comprehensive vegetation, soil, hydrological and morphological information into a Geographical Information System, linked to regression-based estimates of carbon flux; two Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs); and two atmospheric inversions. Apart from one of the DGVMs, all methods produce estimates of the net biome productivity (NBP) that are consistent both amongst themselves and with a range of other estimates. They indicate the region to be a carbon sink with a NBP of 27.5 +/- 7.2 g C m-2 yr-1, which is equivalent to 352 +/- 92 Mt C yr-1 if considered representative for boreal Asia. This is comparable with fossil fuel emissions for the Russian Federation, currently estimated as 427 MtC yr-1, and implies that boreal Asia does not play the major role in the northern hemisphere land sink, typically estimated to be of magnitude 1.5-2.9 Gt C yr-1. The LEA and DGVM approaches produce very different partitioning of NBP into its component fluxes. The DGVMs find net primary production (NPP) to be nearly balanced by heterotrophic respiration, disturbance being a relatively small term pushing the system closer to equilibrium. In the LEA, heterotrophic respiration is significantly less than NPP, and disturbance plays a much larger role in the overall carbon balance. The use in the LEA of observationally based estimates of heterotrophic respiration and fire disturbance, along with a more complete description of disturbance fluxes, suggests that the partitioning derived by the LEA is more likely, and that improved process descriptions and constraints by data are needed in the DGVMs.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2011
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02275.x
ISI: ://000284851500030
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Title: Global Change Biology
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Publ. Info: Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 17 (1) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 351 - 365 Identifier: CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925618107
ISSN: 1354-1013