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GPP DERNEE
Make regression of night‐time NEE
ECOSYSTEM‐scale PROBLEM: What is GPP?EDDY COVARIANCE FROM FLUX TOWERS OBSERVES NET ECOSYSTEM‐ATMOSPHERE CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE)We want photosynthesis (Gross primary production, or GPP) and Daytime Ecosystem Respiration (DER)
Standard Solution (Reichstein et al., 2005): (1) DER = nighttime NEE regressed vs.
Temperature
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GPP DERNEE
EDDY COVARIANCE FROM FLUX TOWERS OBSERVES NET ECOSYSTEM‐ATMOSPHERE CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE)We want photosynthesis (Gross primary production, or GPP) and Daytime Ecosystem Respiration (DER)
Make regression of night‐time NEE
Standard Solution (Reichstein et al., 2005): (1) DER = nighttime NEE regressed vs.
Temperature (& extrapolated to day)(for ~1‐2 week moving window)
(2) GPP = NEE – DER (residual)
Extrapolate from regression
ECOSYSTEM‐scale PROBLEM: What is GPP?
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GPP DERNEE
Extrapolate from regression
Standard Solution (Reichstein et al., 2005): (1) DER = nighttime NEE regressed vs.
Temperature (& extrapolated to day)(for ~1‐2 week moving window)
(2) GPP = NEE – DER (residual)
EDDY COVARIANCE FROM FLUX TOWERS OBSERVES NET ECOSYSTEM‐ATMOSPHERE CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE)We want photosynthesis (Gross primary production, or GPP) and Daytime Ecosystem Respiration (DER)
Make regression of night‐time NEE
Key Assumption: Daytime physiology is like the nighttime
NOTE: DER is elevated
ECOSYSTEM‐scale PROBLEM: What is GPP?
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Alternative: Isotopic Scaling/Partitioning
One equations in two unknowns (GPP & Reco)
Key: we need a second equation
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Alternative: Isotopic Scaling/Partitioning
Two equations in two unknowns (GPP & Reco)
δ13 is 13C content of sample relative to a standard
Key: Adding this second equation:
Flux-weighted Isotopic composition of:
Net flux photosynthetic Respirationflux flux
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Alternative: Isotopic Scaling/Partitioning
Two equations in two unknowns (GPP & Reco)
works by solving for GPP and DER (Reco during the day),given distinct stable isotopic signatures, δ13
Yakir & Wang 1996, Bowling et al. 2001, …
δ13 is 13C content of sample relative to a standard
Key: Adding this second equation:
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Via eddy flux
Two equations in two unknowns (GPP & Reco)Requires:(1) δ13
NEE to be measureable
δ13 is 13C content of sample relative to a standard
Alternative: Isotopic Scaling/Partitioning
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We measure the isotopic composition of respiration at night (using Keeling plots)
Via eddy flux
Two equations in two unknowns (GPP & Reco)Requires:(1) δ13
NEE to be measureable(2) δ13
GPP to be different from δ13
R
Via nighttime
δ13 is 13C content of sample relative to a standard
Alternative: Isotopic Scaling/Partitioning
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Via eddy flux Via nighttime
Two equations in two unknowns (GPP & Reco)Requires:(1) δ13
NEE to be measureable(2) δ13
GPP to be different from δ13
R
Alternative: Isotopic Scaling/Partitioning
Approach – scaling leaf physiology to the canopy:(1) leaf‐scale knowledge of physiology to constrain ecosystem‐scale iso‐
flux of GPP (depends on canopy‐scale stomatal conductance)→ (Farquhar et al. 1982 theory for leaf‐scale photosynthetic discrimination)
(2) Diffusion laws and ecosystem heat and water fluxes to constrain canopy scale stomatal conductance ‐‐ – now validated with flux measurements of carbonyl sulfide (OCS) (Wehr, Commane et al. 2017)
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GPP
NEE Standard Daytime Ecosystem Respiration (DER)
NEE
Standard ‐GPP
Uptake
KEY RESULT: suppression of DER in light (& lower GPP)
Wehr et al.
DER
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GPP
NEE Standard Daytime Ecosystem Respiration (DER)
KEY RESULT: suppression of DER in light (& lower GPP)
Wehr et al.
DER
Uptake
Standard ‐GPP
NEE
DER
‐GPP
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GPP
NEE Standard Daytime Ecosystem Respiration (DER)
KEY RESULT: suppression of DER in light (& lower GPP)
Wehr et al.
DER
Uptake
Standard ‐GPP
NEE
DER
‐GPP
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WARNING! Forest HeterogeneitySeen in nighttime NEE
Wetland
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WARNING! Forest HeterogeneitySeen in nighttime NEE
Wetland
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GPP
NEE Standard Daytime Ecosystem Respiration (DER)
KEY RESULT: suppression of DER in light (& lower GPP)
Wehr et al.
DER
Uptake
Standard ‐GPP
NEE
DER
‐GPP
What is the mechanism?
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First detected ecosystem manifestation of the leaf‐level ‘Kok effect’ –inhibition of respiration by light?
RLIGHT
RDARK
light
O2em
ission
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First detected ecosystem manifestation of the leaf‐level ‘Kok effect’ –inhibition of respiration by light?
O2em
ission
RLIGHT
RDARK
light
Net photosynthesis
Net Respiration
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RLIGHT
RDARK
First detected ecosystem manifestation of the leaf‐level ‘Kok effect’ –inhibition of respiration by light?
Quercus rubra (Red Oak) Harvard Forest, 2015
Mary Heskel et al.(Wood’s Hole MBL)
RLIGHT
RDARK
light
O2em
ission
CO2up
take
(μmol m
‐2s‐1)
Net photosynthesis
Net Respiration
Photosynthetically active Radiation ( PAR )
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Slide 18
3 graph is getting out of the slideFlavia Costa,
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RESULT 2: Seasonal pattern
STANDARDISOTOPIC
Wehr et al, 2016, Nature
First half growing season
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Implications for Light-Use Efficiency (LUE) and Water Use Efficiency (WUE)
LUE important for estimating GPP from remote sensing: GPP = PAR fAPAR LUE
LUE = GPP / (APAR) (derived at eddy sites)
WUE important indicator of future C-water coupling:WUEintrinsic = (GPP / Transp) w = GPP / Gs(adjusted for water vapor deficit)
Important controversy about WUE trends (expected to increase with rising CO2):
+2.7%/yr (eddy flux network) vs +0.5%/yr (tree ring isotopes)(Keenan et al. 2013) (Frank et al. 2015)
and atmospheric 13C? (Keeling... Sing, et al. 2017)
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HF RESULTS: Seasonal Patterns
Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (APAR) (uE m-2 s-1)
GPP
(um
olm
-2s-
1 )
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HF RESULTS: Seasonal Patterns
Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (APAR) (uE m-2 s-1)
GPP
(um
olm
-2s-
1 )
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HF RESULTS: Seasonal Patterns
Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (APAR) (uE m-2 s-1)
GPP
(um
olm
-2s-
1 )
Standard partitioning shows declining photosynthetic capacity over the season
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Standard partitioning shows declining photosynthetic capacity over the season
Isotopic partitioning suggests that canopy photosynthetic capacity is more stable
HF RESULTS: Seasonal Patterns
Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (APAR) (uE m-2 s-1)
GPP
(um
olm
-2s-
1 )
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HF RESULT 2: Seasonal patternN
ote inverted scale!
STANDARDISOTOPIC
Wehr et al, 2016, Nature
Isotopic LUE better anti-correlated with APAR
APAR
Isotopic WUE better anti-correlated with gs
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Can we support or falsify GPP derivations (isotopic or conventional) with OCS or SIF?
Wehr et al, 2016, Nature
At Harvard Forest, Not yet! – broadly follows both GPPs, can’t distinguish between them
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Can we support or falsify GPP derivations (isotopic or conventional) with OCS or SIF?
(A GPP model integrating front end (OCS) and back-end (SIF) constraints)
NEEDED: Gs (OCS) …. Photochemistry (SIF)
GPP
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Canopy scale conductance via OCS flux measurements
Simple model
Boundary layer
Mesophyll(empirical
Temp function)
“biochemical conductance”(constant or T-dependent)
OCS flux[OCS]
stomatal conductance
(Wehr, Commane et al. 2017)
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Canopy scale conductance via OCS flux measurements
(Wehr, Commane et al. 2017)
Fit b0, b1, b2 to measured
Transpiration when evap negligible
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Canopy scale conductance via OCS flux measurements
(Wehr, Commane et al. 2017)
Fit b0, b1, b2 to measured
Transpiration when evap negligible
Stomatal conductance from OCS
from model
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Canopy scale conductance via OCS flux measurements
(Wehr, Commane et al. 2017)
Fit b0, b1, b2 to measured
Transpiration when evap negligible
OCS fluxes a very good tracer of stomatal & total canopy conductance
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Application: allows transpiration-Evaporation partitioning via OCS flux measurements
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1. Light inhibition of daytime Respiration (Reco) in leaves has ecosystem consequences. (Apparently this is the first direct ecosystem‐level detection of the leaf‐level Kok effect)
2. This could make a big difference: Standard methods overestimate GPP by 25%, and overestimate daytime respiration (Reco ) by 100% at Harvard Forest. Does this also apply at hundreds of eddy flux sites around the world?
3. OCS a very good tracer of Gs, but Gs is not GPP. Let’s use Gs(OCS) in a ‘better’ model incorporating tracers of
different parts of the photosynthetic process.
Summary of What is GPP?