학술논문

Assimilating solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence into the terrestrial biosphere model BETHY-SCOPE v1.0: model description and information content.
Document Type
Article
Source
Geoscientific Model Development. 2018, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p1517-1536. 20p.
Subject
*CHLOROPHYLL spectra
*BIOSPHERE
*CARBON cycle
*CARBON sequestration
*ATMOSPHERIC carbon dioxide
Language
ISSN
1991-959X
Abstract
The synthesis of model and observational information using data assimilation can improve our understanding of the terrestrial carbon cycle, a key component of the Earth's climate-carbon system. Here we provide a data assimilation framework for combining observations of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) and a process-based model to improve estimates of terrestrial carbon uptake or gross primary production (GPP).We then quantify and assess the constraint SIF provides on the uncertainty in global GPP through model process parameters in an error propagation study. By incorporating 1 year of SIF observations from the GOSAT satellite, we find that the parametric uncertainty in global annual GPP is reduced by 73% from ±19.0 to ±5.2 PgCyr-1. This improvement is achieved through strong constraint of leaf growth processes and weak to moderate constraint of physiological parameters. We also find that the inclusion of uncertainty in shortwave down-radiation forcing has a netzero effect on uncertainty in GPP when incorporated into the SIF assimilation framework. This study demonstrates the powerful capacity of SIF to reduce uncertainties in processbased model estimates of GPP and the potential for improving our predictive capability of this uncertain carbon flux. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]