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A CO2 Concentration Gradient Facility for Testing CO2 Enrichment and Soil Effects on Grassland Ecosystem Function
Published on: November 21, 2015
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Comentario sobre "El reciente descenso global de los efectos de la fertilización con CO2 en la fotosíntesis de la
Zaichun Zhu1, Hui Zeng1, Ranga B Myneni2
1Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China.
Resumen
Un estudio reciente
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ecología
- Ciencia del cambio climático
- Detección remota
Sus antecedentes:
- El efecto de fertilización de CO2 (CFE) es crucial para comprender los ciclos globales del carbono.
- Investigaciones anteriores sugirieron un descenso significativo en el CFE a nivel mundial entre 1982 y 2015.
- Los modelos de ecosistemas estuvieron implicados en subestimar esta disminución.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Reevaluar la disminución reportada en el efecto de fertilización por CO2.
- Identificar posibles errores en los métodos de procesamiento y análisis de datos satelitales.
- Para comparar el CFE derivado de satélites con las simulaciones de modelos de ecosistemas.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de los datos de vegetación obtenidos por satélite.
- Re-procesamiento de datos de satélite para corregir los artefactos.
- Comparación de los datos satelitales corregidos con las salidas del modelo de ecosistema.
- Evaluación de los métodos utilizados para la derivación y comparación de las ECF.
Principales resultados:
- La gran disminución reportada en el efecto de fertilización de CO2 es un artefacto.
- El tratamiento incorrecto de los datos satelitales condujo a conclusiones erróneas.
- Los métodos utilizados para derivar y comparar el CFE eran problemáticos.
- El rendimiento de los modelos de ecosistemas en este contexto necesita una reevaluación.
Conclusiones:
- La disminución global en el efecto de fertilización de CO2 reportado por Wang et al. no está respaldada por datos corregidos.
- Las fallas metodológicas en el procesamiento y análisis de datos oscurecieron las tendencias precisas de CFE.
- Se necesita más investigación con metodologías sólidas para comprender la dinámica de CFE.
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