Soil respiration–driven CO$_2$ pulses dominate Australia’s flux variability - Département de mécanique
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Soil respiration–driven CO$_2$ pulses dominate Australia’s flux variability

Stephen Sitch
Peter Briggs
Etsushi Kato
Benjamin Poulter
Hanqin Tian
Andrew Wiltshire
Xu Yue
Sönke Zaehle
David Griffith

Abstract

The Australian continent contributes substantially to the year-to-year variability of the global terrestrial carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) sink. However, the scarcity of in situ observations in remote areas prevents the deciphering of processes that force the CO 2 flux variability. In this study, by examining atmospheric CO 2 measurements from satellites in the period 2009–2018, we find recurrent end-of-dry-season CO 2 pulses over the Australian continent. These pulses largely control the year-to-year variability of Australia’s CO 2 balance. They cause two to three times larger seasonal variations compared with previous top-down inversions and bottom-up estimates. The pulses occur shortly after the onset of rainfall and are driven by enhanced soil respiration preceding photosynthetic uptake in Australia’s semiarid regions. The suggested continental-scale relevance of soil-rewetting processes has substantial implications for our understanding and modeling of global climate–carbon cycle feedbacks.
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hal-04063051 , version 1 (14-11-2024)

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Eva-Marie Metz, Sanam Vardag, Sourish Basu, Martin Jung, Bernhard Ahrens, et al.. Soil respiration–driven CO$_2$ pulses dominate Australia’s flux variability. Science, 2023, 379 (6639), pp.1332-1335. ⟨10.1126/science.add7833⟩. ⟨hal-04063051⟩
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