Overlooking the canopy: The importance of canopy structure in scaling isoprenoid emissions from the leaf to the landscape

Trevor F. Keenan, Rüdiger Grote and Santiago Sabaté

Ecological Modelling, 2011, vol. 222, issue 3, 737-747

Abstract: Isoprene and monoterpenes are highly reactive organic compounds, emitted by most plant species, which play an important role in air chemistry and air pollution. Different leaf-scale isoprenoid emission models are available. These models are scaled to the canopy through coupling them to terrestrial biogeochemical models and thus used to generate regional emissions inventories. Although the leaf scale models have been shown to perform similarly, large unexplained differences exist in regional emissions inventories. This may be explained in part by the complete lack of inter-comparisons of emission model estimates when scaled from the leaf to the canopy.

Keywords: Emission model; Holm oak; Isoprene emissions; Mediterranean; Model comparison; Quercus ilex (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.11.004

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