A process-based model designed for filling of large data gaps in tower-based measurements of net ecosystem productivity
Zisheng Xing,
Charles P.-A. Bourque,
Fan-Rui Meng,
Roger M. Cox,
D. Edwin Swift,
Tianshan Zha and
Lien Chow
Ecological Modelling, 2008, vol. 213, issue 2, 165-179
Abstract:
In this paper we present a simple hybrid gap-filling model (GFM) designed with a minimum number of parameters necessary to capture the ecological processes important for filling medium-to-large gaps in Flux data. As the model is process-based, the model has potential to be used in filling large gaps exhibiting a broad range of micro-meteorological and site conditions. The GFM performance was evaluated using “Punch hole” and extrapolation experiments based on data collected in west-central New Brunswick. These experiments indicated that the GFM is able to provide acceptable results (r2>0.80) when >500 data points are used in model parameterization. The GFM was shown to address daytime evolution of NEP reasonably well for a wide range of weather and site conditions. An analysis of residuals indicated that for the most part no obvious trends were evident; although a slight bias was detected in NEP with soil temperature. To explore the portability of the GFM across ecosystem types, a transcontinental validation was conducted using NEP and ancillary data from seven ecosystems along a north-south transect (i.e., temperature–moisture gradient) from northern Europe (Finland) to the Middle East (Israel). The GFM was shown to explain over 75% of the variability in NEP measured at most ecosystems, which strongly suggests that the GFM maybe successfully applied to forest ecosystems outside Canada.
Keywords: CO2 flux; Gap-filling model (GFM) for large data gaps; Extrapolation experiments; Net ecosystem productivity; Punch hole experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.11.018
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