In Situ Observation of Whole Lake Gross Primary Productivity: Response to and Recovery from Copper Algaecide Application

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 521-529
Author(s):  
Thomas Torgersen
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Lam ◽  
Amos P. K. Tai

<p>This study utilises in-situ and reanalysis soil moisture data inputs from various sources to evaluate the effect of soil water stress on Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) of different Plant Functional Types (PFTs) using Terrestrial Ecosystem Model in R (TEMIR), which is under development by Tai Group of Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions (Tai et al. in prep.). An empirical soil water stress function with reference to Community Land Model (CLM) Version 4.5 is employed to quantify water stress experienced by vegetation which hinders stomatal conductance and thus carboxylation rate. The model results are compared against observations at FLUXNET sites in semi-arid regions across the globe at daily timescale where in-situ GPP data is available and water stress inhibits plant functions to some extent. By dividing the soil into two layers (topsoil and root zone), GPP simulation improves significantly comparing with using single layer bulk soil (Modified Nash-Sutcliffe Model Efficiency Coefficient N increases from -0.686 to -0.586). Such upgrade is particularly substantial for vegetation with shallow roots such as grass PFTs. Despite this improvement, the model is characterised by an overall overestimation of GPP when water stress occurs, and inconsistency of accuracy subject to PFTs and degree of water stress experienced. This study informs responses of various PFTs to soil water stress, capacity of TEMIR in simulating the responses, and possible drawbacks of empirical soil water stress functions, and highlights the importance of topsoil moisture data input for vegetation drought monitoring.</p><p>Keywords: Soil water stress, Terrestrial model representation, Photosynthesis, In-situ data, Reanalysis data, FLUXNET</p>


2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 1839-1855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lore T. Verryckt ◽  
Maarten Op de Beeck ◽  
Johan Neirynck ◽  
Bert Gielen ◽  
Marilyn Roland ◽  
...  

Abstract. High stomatal ozone (O3) uptake has been shown to negatively affect crop yields and the growth of tree seedlings. However, little is known about the effect of O3 on the carbon uptake by mature forest trees. This study investigated the effect of high O3 events on gross primary productivity (GPP) for a Scots pine stand near Antwerp, Belgium over the period 1998–2013. Stomatal O3 fluxes were modelled using in situ O3 mixing ratio measurements and a multiplicative stomatal model, which was parameterised and validated for this Scots pine stand. Ozone-induced GPP reduction is most likely to occur during or shortly after days with high stomatal O3 uptake. Therefore, a GPP model within an artificial neural network was parameterised for days with low stomatal O3 uptake rates and used to simulate GPP during periods of high stomatal O3 uptake. Possible negative effects of high stomatal O3 uptake on GPP would then result in an overestimation of GPP by the model during or after high stomatal O3 uptake events. The O3 effects on GPP were linked to AOT40 and POD1. Although the critical levels for both indices were exceeded in every single year, no significant negative effects of O3 on GPP were found, and no correlations between GPP residuals and AOT40 and POD1 were found. Overall, we conclude that no O3 effects were detected on the carbon uptake by this Scots pine stand.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasdeep Singh Anand ◽  
Alessandro Anav ◽  
Marcello Vitale ◽  
Daniele Peano ◽  
Nadine Unger ◽  
...  

Abstract. Tropospheric O3 damages leaves and directly inhibits photosynthesis, posing a threat to terrestrial carbon sinks. Previous investigations have mostly relied on sparse in-situ data or simulations using land surface models. This work is the first to use satellite data to quantify the effect of O3 exposure on gross primary productivity (GPP). O3-induced GPP reductions were estimated to vary between 0.36–9.55% across European forests along a North-South transect between 2003–2015, in line with prior estimates. No significant temporal trend could be determined over most of Europe, while Random Forest analysis (RFA) shows that soil moisture is a significant variable governing GPP reductions over the Mediterranean. Comparisons between this work and GPP reductions simulated by the Yale Interactive Biosphere (YIBs) model suggest that satellite-based estimates over the Mediterranean region may be biased by +12%, potentially because of differences in modelling stomatal sensitivity to soil moisture and prior O3 exposure. This work has demonstrated for the first time that satellite-based datasets can be leveraged to assess the impact of O3 on the terrestrial carbon sink, which are comparable with in-situ or model-based analyses.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 2875
Author(s):  
Dujuan Ma ◽  
Xiaodan Wu ◽  
Xuanlong Ma ◽  
Jingping Wang ◽  
Xingwen Lin ◽  
...  

Quantifying the spatial, seasonal (phenological), and inter-annual variations of gross primary productivity (GPP) in the Arctic is critical for comprehending the terrestrial carbon cycle and its feedback to climate warming in this region. Here, we evaluated the accuracy of the MOD17A2H GPP product using the FLUXNET 2015 dataset in the Arctic, then explored the spatial patterns, seasonal variations, and interannual trends of GPP, and investigated the dependence of the spatiotemporal variations in GPP on land cover types, latitude, and elevation from 2001 to 2019. The results showed that MOD17A2H was consistent with in situ measurements (R = 0.8, RMSE = 1.26 g C m−2 d−1). The functional phenology was also captured by the MOD17A2H product (R = 0.62, RMSE = 9 days) in the Arctic. The spatial variation of the seasonal magnitude of GPP and its interannual trends is partly related to land cover types, peaking in forests and lowest in grasslands. The interannual trend of GPP decreased as the latitude and elevation increased, except for the latitude between 62°~66° N and elevation below 700 m. Our study not only revealed the variation of GPP in the Arctic but also helped to understand the carbon cycle over this region.


Author(s):  
R. T. K. Baker ◽  
R. D. Sherwood

The catalytic gasification of carbon at high temperature by microscopic size metal particles is of fundamental importance to removal of coke deposits and conversion of refractory hydrocarbons into fuels and chemicals. The reaction of metal/carbon/gas systems can be observed by controlled atmosphere electron microscopy (CAEM) in an 100 KV conventional transmission microscope. In the JEOL gas reaction stage model AGl (Fig. 1) the specimen is positioned over a hole, 200μm diameter, in a platinum heater strip, and is interposed between two apertures, 75μm diameter. The control gas flows across the specimen and exits through these apertures into the specimen chamber. The gas is further confined by two apertures, one in the condenser and one in the objective lens pole pieces, and removed by an auxiliary vacuum pump. The reaction zone is <1 mm thick and is maintained at gas pressure up to 400 Torr and temperature up to 1300<C as measured by a Pt-Pt/Rh 13% thermocouple. Reaction events are observed and recorded on videotape by using a Philips phosphor-television camera located below a hole in the center of the viewing screen. The overall resolution is greater than 2.5 nm.


Author(s):  
R-R. Lee

Partially-stabilized ZrO2 (PSZ) ceramics have considerable potential for advanced structural applications because of their high strength and toughness. These properties derive from small tetragonal ZrO2 (t-ZrO2) precipitates in a cubic (c) ZrO2 matrix, which transform martensitically to monoclinic (m) symmetry under applied stresses. The kinetics of the martensitic transformation is believed to be nucleation controlled and the nucleation is always stress induced. In situ observation of the martensitic transformation using transmission electron microscopy provides considerable information about the nucleation and growth aspects of the transformation.


Author(s):  
S. Hagège ◽  
U. Dahmen ◽  
E. Johnson ◽  
A. Johansen ◽  
V.S. Tuboltsev

Small particles of a low-melting phase embedded in a solid matrix with a higher melting point offer the possibility of studying the mechanisms of melting and solidification directly by in-situ observation in a transmission electron microscope. Previous studies of Pb, Cd and other low-melting inclusions embedded in an Al matrix have shown well-defined orientation relationships, strongly faceted shapes, and an unusual size-dependent superheating before melting.[e.g. 1,2].In the present study we have examined the shapes and thermal behavior of eutectic Pb-Cd inclusions in Al. Pb and Cd form a simple eutectic system with each other, but both elements are insoluble in solid Al. Ternary alloys of Al (Pb,Cd) were prepared from high purity elements by melt spinning or by sequential ion implantation of the two alloying additions to achieve a total alloying addition of up to lat%. TEM observations were made using a heating stage in a 200kV electron microscope equipped with a video system for recording dynamic behavior.


Author(s):  
K. Fukushima ◽  
N. Kohyama ◽  
A. Fukami

A film-sealed high resolution environmental cell(E.C) for observing hydrated materials had been developed by us(l). Main specification of the E.C. is as follows: 1) Accelerated voltage; 100 kV. 2) Gas in the E.C.; saturated water vapour with carrier gas of 50 Torr. 3) Thickness of gas layer; 50 μm. 4) Sealing film; evaporated carbon film(20 nm thick) with plastic microgrid. 5) Resolving power; 1 nm. 6) Transmittance of electron beam; 60% at 100 kV. The E.C. had been successfully applied to the study of hydrated halloysite(2) (3). Kaolin minerals have no interlayer water and are basically non-expandable but form intercalation compounds with some specific chemicals such as hydrazine, formamide and etc. Because of these compounds being mostly changed in vacuum, we tried to reveal the structure changes between in wet air and in vacuum of kaolin minerals intercalated with hydrazine and of hydrated state of montmori1lonite using the E.C. developed by us.


2013 ◽  
Vol 133 (12) ◽  
pp. 350-357
Author(s):  
Yuta Nakashima ◽  
Ryo Monji ◽  
Katsuya Sato ◽  
Kazuyuki Minami

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