Apparent ecosystem carbon turnover time:  uncertainties and robust features

Fan, Naixin; Koirala, Sujan; Reichstein, Markus; Thurner, Martin; Avitabile, Valerio; Santoro, Maurizio; Ahrens, Bernhard; Weber, Ulrich; Carvalhais, Nuno

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2517-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2517-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2517-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

Data description paper

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16 Oct 2020

Data description paper |

| 16 Oct 2020

Apparent ecosystem carbon turnover time: uncertainties and robust features

Naixin Fan, Sujan Koirala, Markus Reichstein, Martin Thurner, Valerio Avitabile, Maurizio Santoro, Bernhard Ahrens, Ulrich Weber, and Nuno Carvalhais

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Aug 2020) by David Carlson

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The turnover time of terrestrial carbon (τ) controls the global carbon cycle–climate feedback. In this study, we provide a new, updated ensemble of diagnostic terrestrial carbon turnover times and associated uncertainties on a global scale. Despite the large variation in both magnitude and spatial patterns of τ, we identified robust features in the spatial patterns of τ which could contribute to uncertainty reductions in future projections of the carbon cycle–climate feedback.