Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions
The exchange of energy, water, carbon dioxide and other trace gases between the biosphere and the atmosphere has profound impacts on processes linked to the land-surface, the thermodynamic structure of the atmosphere, and the climate of the Earth system. Changes in water availability, temperature or vegetation activity can alter these interactions. Seasonal variability and periods of drought provide important insights on feedback mechanisms that are related to photosynthesis, transpiration and energy partitioning. We use direct field observations, modelling and novel analyses of environmental data to advance the process understanding of the interactions between the land-surface and the atmosphere.
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Wolf, S., D. Yin, and M.L. Roderick (2017) Using radiative signatures to diagnose the cause of warming during the 2013-2014 Californian Drought. Journal of Hydrology 553, 408-418.
external pagehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169417304663
Paul-Limoges, E., S. Wolf, et al. (2017) Below-canopy contributions to ecosystem CO2 fluxes in a temperate mixed forest in Switzerland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 247, 582-596.
external pagehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168192317302678
van Gorsel, E., S. Wolf, et al. (2016) Carbon uptake and water use in woodlands and forests in southern Australia during an extreme heat wave event in the 'Angry Summer' of 2012/2013. Biogeosciences 13, 5947-5964.
external pagehttp://www.biogeosciences.net/13/5947/2016
Wolf, S., T.F. Keenan, J.B. Fisher, et al. (2016) Warm spring reduced carbon cycle impact of the 2012 US summer drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, 5880-5885.
external pagehttp://www.pnas.org/content/113/21/5880