@article {1279596, title = {Precipitation extremes influence patterns and partitioning of evapotranspiration and transpiration in a deciduous boreal larch forest.}, journal = {Agricultural and Forest Meteorology}, volume = {287}, year = {2020}, abstract = {

Ecosystems at the margins of their zone could be amongst the first to experience significant shifts in structure and function. At this site there have already been signs of permafrost degradation and more frequent temperature and precipitation anomalies. The canopy-dominant larch accounted for half the total T fluxes. The remaining 50\% was distributed evenly among intermediate and suppressed trees. T is the dominant subcomponent in ET, where overall T/ET varies of 66\%{\textendash}84\% depending on precipitation patterns. In dormant and early growing seasons, T still constitutes a majority of ET even though the canopy foliage is not fully developed because cold soil creates a negative soil to air vapor pressure gradient that impedes evaporation. However, in the peak growing season, excess precipitation reduces T while providing sufficient wetness for surface evaporation. ET from standard data product based on MODIS satellite reflectance underestimates tower ET by 17\%{\textendash}29\%. Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence measured by satellite is well correlated with tower ET (r2 = 0.69{\textendash}0.73) and could provide a better basis for regional ET extrapolations. Sites along boreal ecotones are critical to observe for signs of shifts in their structure, function, and response to climate anomalies.

}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168192320300381?dgcid=author}, author = {Jialin Liu and Fangyan Cheng and J. William Munger and Timothy G. Whitby and Peng Jiang and Siyue Chen and Weiwen Ji and Xiuling Man} }