Evaluating Biosphere Model Estimates of the Start of the Vegetation Active Season in Boreal Forests by Satellite Observations
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Böttcher , K , Markkanen , T , Thum , T , Aalto , T , Aurela , M , Reick , C H , Kolari , P , Arslan , A N & Pulliainen , J 2016 , ' Evaluating Biosphere Model Estimates of the Start of the Vegetation Active Season in Boreal Forests by Satellite Observations ' , Remote Sensing , vol. 8 , no. 7 , 580 . https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8070580
| Title: | Evaluating Biosphere Model Estimates of the Start of the Vegetation Active Season in Boreal Forests by Satellite Observations |
| Author: | Böttcher, Kristin; Markkanen, Tiina; Thum, Tea; Aalto, Tuula; Aurela, Mika; Reick, Christian H.; Kolari, Pasi; Arslan, Ali N.; Pulliainen, Jouni |
| Contributor organization: | Department of Physics Ecosystem processes (INAR Forest Sciences) Micrometeorology and biogeochemical cycles |
| Date: | 2016-07 |
| Language: | eng |
| Number of pages: | 31 |
| Belongs to series: | Remote Sensing |
| ISSN: | 2072-4292 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8070580 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/175354 |
| Abstract: | The objective of this study was to assess the performance of the simulated start of the photosynthetically active season by a large-scale biosphere model in boreal forests in Finland with remote sensing observations. The start of season for two forest types, evergreen needle-and deciduous broad-leaf, was obtained for the period 2003-2011 from regional JSBACH (Jena Scheme for Biosphere-Atmosphere Hamburg) runs, driven with climate variables from a regional climate model. The satellite-derived start of season was determined from daily Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) time series of Fractional Snow Cover and the Normalized Difference Water Index by applying methods that were targeted to the two forest types. The accuracy of the satellite-derived start of season in deciduous forest was assessed with bud break observations of birch and a root mean square error of seven days was obtained. The evaluation of JSBACH modelled start of season dates with satellite observations revealed high spatial correspondence. The bias was less than five days for both forest types but showed regional differences that need further consideration. The agreement with satellite observations was slightly better for the evergreen than for the deciduous forest. Nonetheless, comparison with gross primary production (GPP) determined from CO2 flux measurements at two eddy covariance sites in evergreen forest revealed that the JSBACH-simulated GPP was higher in early spring and led to too-early simulated start of season dates. Photosynthetic activity recovers differently in evergreen and deciduous forests. While for the deciduous forest calibration of phenology alone could improve the performance of JSBACH, for the evergreen forest, changes such as seasonality of temperature response, would need to be introduced to the photosynthetic capacity to improve the temporal development of gross primary production. |
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start of season
boreal forest MODIS JSBACH fractional snow cover NDWI evergreen needle-leaf forest deciduous broad-leaf forest SCOTS PINE FOREST PHOTOCHEMICAL REFLECTANCE INDEX GROWING-SEASON TIME-SERIES BUD-BURST SPRING PHENOLOGY CLIMATE-CHANGE CONIFEROUS FOREST CONTINENTAL-SCALE BIAS CORRECTION 114 Physical sciences 4112 Forestry |
| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
| Rights: | cc_by |
| Usage restriction: | openAccess |
| Self-archived version: | publishedVersion |
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