Influence of the spatial distribution of vegetation and soils on the prediction of cumulus convective rainfall

RA Pielke Sr - Reviews of Geophysics, 2001‏ - Wiley Online Library
This paper uses published work to demonstrate the link between surface moisture and heat
fluxes and cumulus convective rainfall. The Earth's surface role with respect to the surface …

Root water uptake and transport: using physiological processes in global predictions

RB Jackson, JS Sperry, TE Dawson - Trends in plant science, 2000‏ - cell.com
Plant water loss, regulated by stomata and driven by atmospheric demand, cannot exceed
the maximum steady-state supply through roots. Just as an electric circuit breaks when …

[PDF][PDF] Climate change 2001: The scientific basis

JT Houghton - 2001‏ - billhowell.ca
This report is the first complete assessment of the science of climate change since Working
Group I (WGI) of the IPCC produced its second report Climate Change 1995: The Science of …

[HTML][HTML] FLUXNET: A new tool to study the temporal and spatial variability of ecosystem-scale carbon dioxide, water vapor, and energy flux densities

D Baldocchi, E Falge, L Gu, R Olson… - Bulletin of the …, 2001‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
FLUXNET is a global network of micrometeorological flux measurement sites that measure
the exchanges of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and energy between the biosphere and …

Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ dynamic global vegetation model

S Sitch, B Smith, IC Prentice, A Arneth… - Global change …, 2003‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Lund–Potsdam–Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (LPJ) combines
process‐based, large‐scale representations of terrestrial vegetation dynamics and land …

A dynamic global vegetation model for studies of the coupled atmosphere‐biosphere system

G Krinner, N Viovy… - Global …, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
This work presents a new dynamic global vegetation model designed as an extension of an
existing surface‐vegetation‐atmosphere transfer scheme which is included in a coupled …

The carbon cycle and atmospheric carbon dioxide

IC Prentice, GD Farquhar, MJR Fasham… - Climate change 2001 …, 2001‏ - hal.science
The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has risen from close to 280 parts per million
(ppm) in 1800, at first slowly and then progressively faster to a value of 367 ppm in 1999 …

Terrestrial vegetation and water balance—hydrological evaluation of a dynamic global vegetation model

D Gerten, S Schaphoff, U Haberlandt, W Lucht… - Journal of …, 2004‏ - Elsevier
Earth's vegetation plays a pivotal role in the global water balance. Hence, there is a need to
model dynamic interactions and feedbacks between the terrestrial biosphere and the water …

[PDF][PDF] Adaptive significance of evergreen vs. deciduous leaves: solving the triple paradox

TJ Givnish - Silva fennica, 2002‏ - researchgate.net
Patterns in the dominance of evergreen vs. deciduous plants have long interested
ecologists, biogeographers, and global modellers. But previous models to account for these …

Climate change impacts on forestry

AP Kirilenko, RA Sedjo - Proceedings of the National …, 2007‏ - National Acad Sciences
Changing temperature and precipitation pattern and increasing concentrations of
atmospheric CO2 are likely to drive significant modifications in natural and modified forests …