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Zhilong Li1, Ziti Jiao2, Ge Gao1

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A new model improves global gross primary productivity (GPP) estimation by integrating environmental factors like terrestrial water storage (TWS) and foliage clumping index (CI). This enhanced accuracy advances understanding of ecosystem carbon exchange under climate change.

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Area of Science:

  • Ecology and Environmental Science
  • Global Carbon Cycle Research
  • Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling

Background:

  • Accurate estimation of gross primary productivity (GPP) is crucial for understanding terrestrial ecosystem carbon exchange, especially under climate change.
  • Existing two-leaf light use efficiency (TL-LUE) models simulate GPP components (sunlit and shaded) but lack integration of complex environmental constraints and seasonal foliage clumping index (CI) variations.
  • Environmental factors significantly influence photosynthetic capability, necessitating improved modeling approaches.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel model (TL-CRF) that integrates environmental variables and seasonal CI differences into the TL-LUE framework for enhanced GPP estimation.
  • To investigate the functional response of vegetation photosynthesis to key environmental factors, including terrestrial water storage (TWS).
  • To produce a new, globally consistent dataset of GPP, GPPsu, and GPPsh from 2002 to 2020.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed the Two-Leaf - Conditional Random Forest (TL-CRF) model, utilizing random forest (RF) to integrate environmental variables into the TL-LUE model.
  • Incorporated seasonal variations of the foliage clumping index (CI) at a global scale.
  • Trained and evaluated the TL-CRF model using data from 267 global eddy covariance flux sites.

Main Results:

  • The TL-CRF model demonstrated a significant reduction (approx. 52%) in the prediction error of environmental stress factors on maximum light use efficiency (LUE).
  • Achieved higher accuracy in global GPP estimation compared to the TL-LUE model (R2 = 0.87 vs. 0.76).
  • Identified terrestrial water storage (TWS) as the dominant factor controlling ecosystem photosynthesis intensity and confirmed an optimal minimum air temperature for photosynthesis.

Conclusions:

  • The TL-CRF model offers a more accurate approach to simulating global GPP, GPPsu, and GPPsh by effectively integrating environmental factors and CI.
  • Terrestrial water storage (TWS) is a critical indicator for ecosystem water status and photosynthetic activity.
  • The findings provide a robust method for generating a new global GPP dataset, enhancing our understanding of photosynthesis-environment interactions.