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View article: Comment on essd-2025-330
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View article: gediDB: A toolbox for processing and providing Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) L2A-B and L4A-C data
gediDB: A toolbox for processing and providing Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) L2A-B and L4A-C data Open
View article: Global covariation of forest age transitions with the net carbon balance
Global covariation of forest age transitions with the net carbon balance Open
View article: HyBiomass: Global Hyperspectral Imagery Benchmark Dataset for Evaluating Geospatial Foundation Models in Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation
HyBiomass: Global Hyperspectral Imagery Benchmark Dataset for Evaluating Geospatial Foundation Models in Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation Open
Comprehensive evaluation of geospatial foundation models (Geo-FMs) requires benchmarking across diverse tasks, sensors, and geographic regions. However, most existing benchmark datasets are limited to segmentation or classification tasks, …
View article: Alarming decline in the carbon sink of European forests driven by disturbances
Alarming decline in the carbon sink of European forests driven by disturbances Open
Forests are carbon sinks essential for climate change mitigation. However, increased harvests and natural disturbances across Europe have recently challenged this role. To project the future carbon sink capacity of Europe's forests, we int…
View article: The global carbon balance of forests based on flux towers and forest age data
The global carbon balance of forests based on flux towers and forest age data Open
Flux towers worldwide record significant carbon sinks in forests. Still, most sites are situated over young or middle-aged stands at, or close to, the peak of carbon uptake along their successional cycle. As a result, upscaling forest Net …
View article: Global covariation of forest age transitions with the net carbon balance
Global covariation of forest age transitions with the net carbon balance Open
Understanding the impact of forest age transitions on the global net carbon balance is critical for advancing forest management and climate change mitigation strategies. We analysed changes in the global forest age (2010-2020) using the Gl…
View article: Transient and lagged effects of vegetation dynamics on the global CO2 growth rate
Transient and lagged effects of vegetation dynamics on the global CO2 growth rate Open
The land carbon cycle is fundamental in regulating atmospheric CO2 dynamics from seasonal to centennial scales. The fine equilibrium between photosynthetic gains spent in metabolic costs and/or lost in mortality underpins the contribution …
View article: The covariation of forest age shifts and net carbon balance over the period 2010 to 202
The covariation of forest age shifts and net carbon balance over the period 2010 to 202 Open
Understanding the relationship between forest age, an indicator of successional stages, and net carbon fluxes is crucial for effective forest management and climate mitigation. Using the satellite-based Global Age Mapping Integration (GAMI…
View article: Global increase in biomass carbon stock dominated by growth of northern young forests over past decade
Global increase in biomass carbon stock dominated by growth of northern young forests over past decade Open
View article: Implications of the steady-state assumption for the global vegetation carbon turnover
Implications of the steady-state assumption for the global vegetation carbon turnover Open
Vegetation carbon turnover time ( τ ) is a central ecosystem property to quantify the global vegetation carbon dynamics. However, our understanding of vegetation dynamics is hampered by the lack of long-term observations of the changes in …
View article: Mapping Forest Age at High-Resolution Using Inventory Data
Mapping Forest Age at High-Resolution Using Inventory Data Open
The forest age can be defined as the time since the last stand-replacement event. Within the local context, it determines the forest successional stage, a fundamental variable for diagnosing the net carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems.…
View article: Implications of the Steady-state Assumption for the Global Vegetation Carbon Turnover
Implications of the Steady-state Assumption for the Global Vegetation Carbon Turnover Open
Vegetation turnover time (τ) is a central ecosystem property to quantify the global vegetation carbon dynamics. However, our understanding of vegetation dynamics is hampered by the lack of long-term observations of the changes in vegetatio…
View article: Evaluation on the Steady-state Assumption of the Global Vegetation Carbon from Multi-Decadal Space-borne Observations
Evaluation on the Steady-state Assumption of the Global Vegetation Carbon from Multi-Decadal Space-borne Observations Open
Vegetation turnover time (τ) is a central ecosystem property to quantify the global vegetation carbon dynamics. However, our understanding of vegetation dynamics is hampered by the lack of long-term observations of the changes in vegetatio…
View article: Evaluation on the Steady-state Assumption of the Global Vegetation Carbon from Multi-Decadal Space-borne Observations
Evaluation on the Steady-state Assumption of the Global Vegetation Carbon from Multi-Decadal Space-borne Observations Open
Vegetation turnover time (τ) is a central ecosystem property to quantify the global vegetation carbon dynamics. However, our understanding of vegetation dynamics is hampered by the lack of long-term observations of the changes in vegetatio…
View article: Technical note: A view from space on global flux towers by MODIS and Landsat: the FluxnetEO data set
Technical note: A view from space on global flux towers by MODIS and Landsat: the FluxnetEO data set Open
The eddy-covariance technique measures carbon, water, and energy fluxes between the land surface and the atmosphere at hundreds of sites globally. Collections of standardised and homogenised flux estimates such as the LaThuile, Fluxnet2015…
View article: Comment on bg-2021-314
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Abstract. The eddy-covariance technique measures carbon, water, and energy fluxes between the land surface and the atmosphere at hundreds of sites globally. Collections of standardised and homogenised flux estimates such a…
View article: Technical note: A view from space on global flux towers by MODIS and Landsat: The FluxnetEO dataset
Technical note: A view from space on global flux towers by MODIS and Landsat: The FluxnetEO dataset Open
The eddy-covariance technique measures carbon, water, and energy fluxes between the land surface and the atmosphere at several hundreds of sites globally. Collections of standardised and homogenised flux estimates such as the LaThuile, Flu…
View article: Environment-sensitivity functions for gross primary productivity in light use efficiency models
Environment-sensitivity functions for gross primary productivity in light use efficiency models Open
The sensitivity of photosynthesis to environmental changes is essential for understanding carbon cycle responses to global climate change and for the development of modeling approaches that explains its spatial and temporal variability. We…
View article: Mapping global forest age from forest inventories, biomass and climate data
Mapping global forest age from forest inventories, biomass and climate data Open
Forest age can determine the capacity of a forest to uptake carbon from the atmosphere. However, a lack of global diagnostics that reflect the forest stage and associated disturbance regimes hampers the quantification of age-related differ…
View article: Global sensitivities of forest carbon changes to environmental conditions
Global sensitivities of forest carbon changes to environmental conditions Open
The responses of forest carbon dynamics to fluctuations in environmental conditions at a global scale remain elusive. Despite the understanding that favourable environmental conditions promote forest growth, these responses have been chall…
View article: Reply on RC1
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Abstract. Forest age can determine the capacity of a forest to uptake carbon from the atmosphere. However, a lack of global diagnostics that reflect the forest stage and associated disturbance regimes hampers the quantific…
View article: Reply on RC2
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Abstract. Forest age can determine the capacity of a forest to uptake carbon from the atmosphere. However, a lack of global diagnostics that reflect the forest stage and associated disturbance regimes hampers the quantific…
View article: Comment on essd-2021-77
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Abstract. Forest age can determine the capacity of a forest to uptake carbon from the atmosphere. However, a lack of global diagnostics that reflect the forest stage and associated disturbance regimes hampers the quantific…
View article: Mapping global forest age from forest inventories, biomass and climate data
Mapping global forest age from forest inventories, biomass and climate data Open
Forest age can determine the capacity of a forest to uptake carbon from the atmosphere. Yet, a lack of global diagnostics that reflect the forest stage and associated disturbance regimes hampers the quantification of age-related difference…
View article: Supplementary material to "Mapping global forest age from forest inventories, biomass and climate data"
Supplementary material to "Mapping global forest age from forest inventories, biomass and climate data" Open
View article: Global sensitivities of forest carbon changes to environmental conditions 
Global sensitivities of forest carbon changes to environmental conditions  Open
<p>Quantifying the responses of forest dynamics to fluctuations in the atmosphere, hydrosphere and land surface conditions at global scales have been rather challenging. Despite the understanding that favourable environmental conditi…
View article: Ecosystem transpiration and evaporation: Insights from three water flux partitioning methods across FLUXNET sites
Ecosystem transpiration and evaporation: Insights from three water flux partitioning methods across FLUXNET sites Open
We apply and compare three widely applicable methods for estimating ecosystem transpiration ( T ) from eddy covariance (EC) data across 251 FLUXNET sites globally. All three methods are based on the coupled water and carbon relationship, b…
View article: Scaling carbon fluxes from eddy covariance sites to globe: synthesis and evaluation of the FLUXCOM approach
Scaling carbon fluxes from eddy covariance sites to globe: synthesis and evaluation of the FLUXCOM approach Open
FLUXNET comprises globally distributed eddy-covariance-based estimates of carbon fluxes between the biosphere and the atmosphere. Since eddy covariance flux towers have a relatively small footprint and are distributed unevenly across the w…
View article: Forest above-ground biomass estimates across three decades from spaceborne scatterometer observations
Forest above-ground biomass estimates across three decades from spaceborne scatterometer observations Open
<p>The large uncertainty characterizing the terrestrial carbon (C) cycle is a consequence of the sparse and irregular observations on the ground. In terms of observations, spaceborne remote sensing has been achieving global, repeated…