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DOI 10.1029/2024GL108302
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Title (Primary) Observational constraints and attribution of global plant transpiration changes over the past four decades
Author Cui, J.; Ding, J.; Liang, X.; Wei, Z.; Li, S.; Peng, J. ORCID logo ; Poyatos, R.; Wang, T.; Piao, S.
Source Titel Geophysical Research Letters
Year 2024
Department RS
Volume 51
Issue 11
Page From e2024GL108302
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
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Abstract Accurate estimation and attribution of large-scale changes in plant transpiration are critical to understand the impacts of vegetation dynamics on the terrestrial hydrological cycle. However, these aspects remain poorly understood due to the limited reliability of global transpiration products. Here we compile data from 101 site-based transpiration measurements across the globe and use them to constrain three biophysically based data-driven transpiration products. The constrained transpiration reveals a prominent increasing trend of 0.61–0.79 mm yr−2 during 1980–2021, which is overestimated by 8%–32% in unconstrained transpiration. We further find that the global transpiration increase is mainly driven by leaf area index increase (40%), followed by climate change (19%), though offset partly by CO2-induced stomatal closure (−38%) and land use and cover change (−3%). Our refined estimates indicate a less substantial increase of global transpiration than previously thought, improving the understanding of transpiration change impact on global hydrological cycle.
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Cui, J., Ding, J., Liang, X., Wei, Z., Li, S., Peng, J., Poyatos, R., Wang, T., Piao, S. (2024):
Observational constraints and attribution of global plant transpiration changes over the past four decades
Geophys. Res. Lett. 51 (11), e2024GL108302 10.1029/2024GL108302