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Magney TS, Bowling DR, Logan BA, Grossmann K, Stutz J, Blanken PD, Burns SP, Cheng R, Garcia MA, Kӧhler P, Lopez S, Parazoo NC, Raczka B, Schimel D, Frankenberg C. Mechanistic evidence for tracking the seasonality of photosynthesis with solar-induced fluorescence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:11640-11645. [PMID: 31138693 PMCID: PMC6575630 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1900278116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Northern hemisphere evergreen forests assimilate a significant fraction of global atmospheric CO2 but monitoring large-scale changes in gross primary production (GPP) in these systems is challenging. Recent advances in remote sensing allow the detection of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) emission from vegetation, which has been empirically linked to GPP at large spatial scales. This is particularly important in evergreen forests, where traditional remote-sensing techniques and terrestrial biosphere models fail to reproduce the seasonality of GPP. Here, we examined the mechanistic relationship between SIF retrieved from a canopy spectrometer system and GPP at a winter-dormant conifer forest, which has little seasonal variation in canopy structure, needle chlorophyll content, and absorbed light. Both SIF and GPP track each other in a consistent, dynamic fashion in response to environmental conditions. SIF and GPP are well correlated (R2 = 0.62-0.92) with an invariant slope over hourly to weekly timescales. Large seasonal variations in SIF yield capture changes in photoprotective pigments and photosystem II operating efficiency associated with winter acclimation, highlighting its unique ability to precisely track the seasonality of photosynthesis. Our results underscore the potential of new satellite-based SIF products (TROPOMI, OCO-2) as proxies for the timing and magnitude of GPP in evergreen forests at an unprecedented spatiotemporal resolution.
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Affiliation(s)
- Troy S Magney
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125;
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
| | - Barry A Logan
- Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04287
| | - Katja Grossmann
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
| | - Jochen Stutz
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
| | - Peter D Blanken
- Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
| | - Sean P Burns
- Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
- Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80301
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
| | - Maria A Garcia
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
| | - Philipp Kӧhler
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
| | - Sophia Lopez
- Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04287
| | - Nicholas C Parazoo
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
| | - Brett Raczka
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
| | - David Schimel
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
| | - Christian Frankenberg
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125;
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
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