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Veiko Lehsten

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First assessment of the plant phenology index (PPI) for estimating gross primary productivity in African semi-arid ecosystems

Författare

  • A. M. Abdi
  • N. Boke-Olén
  • H. Jin
  • L. Eklundh
  • T. Tagesson
  • V. Lehsten
  • J. Ardö

Summary, in English


The importance of semi-arid ecosystems in the global carbon cycle as sinks for CO
2
emissions has recently been highlighted. Africa is a carbon sink and nearly half its area comprises arid and semi-arid ecosystems. However, there are uncertainties regarding CO
2
fluxes for semi-arid ecosystems in Africa, particularly savannas and dry tropical woodlands. In order to improve on existing remote-sensing based methods for estimating carbon uptake across semi-arid Africa we applied and tested the recently developed plant phenology index (PPI). We developed a PPI-based model estimating gross primary productivity (GPP) that accounts for canopy water stress, and compared it against three other Earth observation-based GPP models: the temperature and greenness (T-G) model, the greenness and radiation (GöR) model and a light use efficiency model (MOD17). The models were evaluated against in situ data from four semi-arid sites in Africa with varying tree canopy cover (3–65%). Evaluation results from the four GPP models showed reasonable agreement with in situ GPP measured from eddy covariance flux towers (EC GPP) based on coefficient of variation (R
2
), root-mean-square error (RMSE), and Bayesian information criterion (BIC). The GöR model produced R
2
= 0.73, RMSE = 1.45 g C m
−2
d
−1
, and BIC = 678; the T-G model produced R
2
= 0.68, RMSE = 1.57 g C m
−2
d
−1
, and BIC = 707; the MOD17 model produced R
2
= 0.49, RMSE = 1.98 g C m
−2
d
−1
, and BIC = 800. The PPI-based GPP model was able to capture the magnitude of EC GPP better than the other tested models (R
2
= 0.77, RMSE = 1.32 g C m
−2
d
−1
, and BIC = 631). These results show that a PPI-based GPP model is a promising tool for the estimation of GPP in the semi-arid ecosystems of Africa.

Avdelning/ar

  • Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap
  • Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
  • MERGE: ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system

Publiceringsår

2019

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

249-260

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volym

78

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Physical Geography
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Remote Sensing

Nyckelord

  • Drylands
  • Eddy covariance
  • Remote sensing
  • Earth observation
  • Gross primary productivity
  • Land surface temperature
  • Africa
  • Plant phenology index

Status

Published

Projekt

  • Global Savannah Phenology: Integrating Earth Observation, Ecosystem Modeling, and PhenoCams

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1569-8432