Leveraging research infrastructure co-location to evaluate constraints on terrestrial carbon cycling in northern European forests

Futter, Martyn N.; Dirnböck, Thomas; Forsius, Martin; Bäck, Jaana K.; Cools, Nathalie; Diaz-Pines, Eugenio; Dick, Jan; Gaube, Veronika; Gillespie, Lauren M.; Högbom, Lars; Laudon, Hjalmar; Mirtl, Michael; Nikolaidis, Nikolaos; Poppe Terán, Christian; Skiba, Ute ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8659-6092; Vereecken, Harry; Villwock, Holger; Weldon, James; Wohner, Christoph; Alam, Syed Ashraful. 2023 Leveraging research infrastructure co-location to evaluate constraints on terrestrial carbon cycling in northern European forests. Ambio, 52 (11). 1819-1831. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01930-4

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Abstract/Summary

Integrated long-term, in-situ observations are needed to document ongoing environmental change, to “ground-truth” remote sensing and model outputs and to predict future Earth system behaviour. The scientific and societal value of in-situ observations increases with site representativeness, temporal duration, number of parameters measured and comparability within and across sites. Research Infrastructures (RIs) can support harmonised, cross-site data collection, curation and publication. Integrating RI networks through site co-location and standardised observation methods can help answers three questions about the terrestrial carbon sink: (i) What are present and future carbon sequestration rates in northern European forests? (ii) How are these rates controlled? (iii) Why do the observed patterns exist? Here, we present a conceptual model for RI co-location and highlight potential insights into the terrestrial carbon sink achievable when long-term in-situ Earth observation sites participate in multiple RI networks (e.g., ICOS and eLTER). Finally, we offer recommendations to promote RI co-location.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01930-4
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Atmospheric Chemistry and Effects (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	0044-7447
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link. The original online version of this article was revised. The co-author name Holger Villwock is corrected: see Publisher link in Related URLs.
Additional Keywords:	carbon: co-location, eLTER, forest, research infrastructure
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment Atmospheric Sciences Data and Information
Related URLs:	Publisher
Date made live:	09 Nov 2023 14:25 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/536064

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