Increasing Ecosystem Fluxes Observed from Eddy Covariance and Solar-Induced Fluorescence Data

Ecosystems modulate Earth’s climate through the exchange of carbon and water fluxes. However, long-term trends in these terrestrial fluxes remain unclear due to the lack of continuous measurements on the global scale. This study combined flux data from 197 eddy covariance sites with satellite-retrie...

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Main Authors: Jiao Zheng, Hao Zhou, Xu Yue, Xichuan Liu, Zhuge Xia, Jun Wang, Jingfeng Xiao, Xing Li, Fangmin Zhang
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Hao Zhou
Xu Yue
Xichuan Liu
Zhuge Xia
Jun Wang
Jingfeng Xiao
Xing Li
Fangmin Zhang
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Fangmin Zhang
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description Ecosystems modulate Earth’s climate through the exchange of carbon and water fluxes. However, long-term trends in these terrestrial fluxes remain unclear due to the lack of continuous measurements on the global scale. This study combined flux data from 197 eddy covariance sites with satellite-retrieved solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) to investigate spatiotemporal variations in gross primary productivity (GPP), evapotranspiration (ET), and their coupling via water use efficiency (WUE) from 2001 to 2020. We developed six global GPP and ET products at 0.05° spatial and 8-day temporal resolution, using two machine learning models and three SIF products, which integrate vegetation physiological parameters with data-driven approaches. These datasets provided mean estimates of 128 ± 2.3 Pg C yr<sup>−1</sup> for GPP, 522 ± 58.2 mm yr<sup>−1</sup> for ET, and 1.8 ± 0.21 g C kg<sup>−1</sup> H<sub>2</sub>O yr<sup>−1</sup> for WUE, with upward trends of 0.22 ± 0.04 Pg C yr<sup>−2</sup> in GPP, 0.64 ± 0.14 mm yr<sup>−2</sup> in ET, and 0.0019 ± 0.0005 g C kg<sup>−1</sup> H<sub>2</sub>O yr<sup>−2</sup> in WUE over the past two decades. These high-resolution datasets are valuable for exploring terrestrial carbon and water responses to climate change, as well as for benchmarking terrestrial biosphere models.
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spelling doaj-art-3aae07f93fff43908274c195fe3bee8e2025-08-20T03:27:36ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922025-06-011712206410.3390/rs17122064Increasing Ecosystem Fluxes Observed from Eddy Covariance and Solar-Induced Fluorescence DataJiao Zheng0Hao Zhou1Xu Yue2Xichuan Liu3Zhuge Xia4Jun Wang5Jingfeng Xiao6Xing Li7Fangmin Zhang8Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), Nanjing 210044, ChinaCollege of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), Nanjing 210044, ChinaCollege of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaSchool of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, ChinaFrontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, International Institute for Earth System Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, ChinaEarth Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USASchool of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, ChinaKey Laboratory of Agrometeorology of Jiangsu Province, School of Ecology and Applied Meteorology, NUIST, Nanjing 210044, ChinaEcosystems modulate Earth’s climate through the exchange of carbon and water fluxes. However, long-term trends in these terrestrial fluxes remain unclear due to the lack of continuous measurements on the global scale. This study combined flux data from 197 eddy covariance sites with satellite-retrieved solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) to investigate spatiotemporal variations in gross primary productivity (GPP), evapotranspiration (ET), and their coupling via water use efficiency (WUE) from 2001 to 2020. We developed six global GPP and ET products at 0.05° spatial and 8-day temporal resolution, using two machine learning models and three SIF products, which integrate vegetation physiological parameters with data-driven approaches. These datasets provided mean estimates of 128 ± 2.3 Pg C yr<sup>−1</sup> for GPP, 522 ± 58.2 mm yr<sup>−1</sup> for ET, and 1.8 ± 0.21 g C kg<sup>−1</sup> H<sub>2</sub>O yr<sup>−1</sup> for WUE, with upward trends of 0.22 ± 0.04 Pg C yr<sup>−2</sup> in GPP, 0.64 ± 0.14 mm yr<sup>−2</sup> in ET, and 0.0019 ± 0.0005 g C kg<sup>−1</sup> H<sub>2</sub>O yr<sup>−2</sup> in WUE over the past two decades. These high-resolution datasets are valuable for exploring terrestrial carbon and water responses to climate change, as well as for benchmarking terrestrial biosphere models.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/12/2064solar-induced fluorescencegross primary productivityevapotranspirationwater use efficiencymachine learning
spellingShingle Jiao Zheng
Hao Zhou
Xu Yue
Xichuan Liu
Zhuge Xia
Jun Wang
Jingfeng Xiao
Xing Li
Fangmin Zhang
Increasing Ecosystem Fluxes Observed from Eddy Covariance and Solar-Induced Fluorescence Data
Remote Sensing
solar-induced fluorescence
gross primary productivity
evapotranspiration
water use efficiency
machine learning
title Increasing Ecosystem Fluxes Observed from Eddy Covariance and Solar-Induced Fluorescence Data
title_full Increasing Ecosystem Fluxes Observed from Eddy Covariance and Solar-Induced Fluorescence Data
title_fullStr Increasing Ecosystem Fluxes Observed from Eddy Covariance and Solar-Induced Fluorescence Data
title_full_unstemmed Increasing Ecosystem Fluxes Observed from Eddy Covariance and Solar-Induced Fluorescence Data
title_short Increasing Ecosystem Fluxes Observed from Eddy Covariance and Solar-Induced Fluorescence Data
title_sort increasing ecosystem fluxes observed from eddy covariance and solar induced fluorescence data
topic solar-induced fluorescence
gross primary productivity
evapotranspiration
water use efficiency
machine learning
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/12/2064
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