On the variability of the ecosystem response to elevated atmospheric CO2 across spatial and temporal scales at the Duke Forest FACE experiment

• Published in: Agricultural and forest meteorology Vol. 232; no. C; pp. 367 - 383
• Main Authors: Paschalis, Athanasios, Katul, Gabriel G., Fatichi, Simone, Palmroth, Sari, Way, Danielle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.01.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: canopy; carbon dioxide; Ecohydrological modeling; ecosystems; Elevated CO2; FACE; forests; free air carbon dioxide enrichment; gas exchange; leaves; nitrogen; photosynthesis; Spatio-temporal variability; stomatal conductance; Stomatal conductance model; uncertainty; water vapor; Elevated CO2; Stomatal conductance model; FACE; Ecohydrological modeling; Spatio-temporal variability

•Novel analysis of 10 years of leaf level data at the Duke FACE site.•Leaf-level flux variability depends on meteorological and internal ecosystem variability.•Meteorological variability highly impacts fine temporal scales.•Spatial ecosystem variability impacts coarser scales.•Upscaling of leaf leve...