Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate
Manuel Helbig, J. M. Waddington, Pavel Alekseychik, B. D. Amiro, Mika Aurela, Alan Barr, T. Andrew Black, Peter D. Blanken, Sean K. Carey, Jiquan Chen, Jinshu Chi, Ankur R. Desai, Allison L. Dunn, E. S. Euskirchen, Lawrence B. Flanagan, Inke Forbrich, Thomas Friborg, Achim Grelle, Silvie Harder, Michal Heliasz, Elyn Humphreys, Hiroki Ikawa, Pierre‐Erik Isabelle, Hiroki Iwata, Rachhpal S. Jassal, Mika Korkiakoski, J. Kurbatova, Lars Kutzbach, Anders Lindroth, Mikaell Ottosson Löfvenius, Annalea Lohila, Ivan Mammarella, Philip Marsh, Trofim C. Maximov, Joe R. Melton, Paul Moore, Daniel F. Nadeau, Erin M. Nicholls, Mats B. Nilsson, Takeshi Ohta, Matthias Peichl, Richard M. Petrone, Roman Petrov, Anatoly Prokushkin, W. L. Quinton, David E. Reed, Nigel T. Roulet, Benjamin R. K. Runkle, Oliver Sonnentag, Ian B. Strachan, Pierre Taillardat, Eeva‐Stiina Tuittila, Juha‐Pekka Tuovinen, Jessica Turner, Masahito Ueyama, Andrej Varlagin, Martin Wilmking, Steven C. Wofsy, Vyacheslav Zyrianov
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The response of evapotranspiration (ET) to warming is of critical importance to the water and carbon cycle of the boreal biome, a mosaic of land cover types dominated by forests and peatlands. The effect of warming-induced vapour pressure deficit (VPD) increases on boreal ET remains poorly understood because peatlands are not specifically represented as plant functional types in Earth system models. Here we show that peatland ET increases more than forest ET with increasing VPD using observations from 95 eddy covariance tower sites. At high VPD of more than 2 kPa, peatland ET exceeds forest ET by up to 30%. Future (2091–2100) mid-growing season peatland ET is estimated to exceed forest ET by over 20% in about one-third of the boreal biome for RCP4.5 and about two-thirds for RCP8.5. Peatland-specific ET responses to VPD should therefore be included in Earth system models to avoid biases in water and carbon cycle projections.- Cite:
- Manuel Helbig, J. M. Waddington, Pavel Alekseychik, B. D. Amiro, Mika Aurela, Alan Barr, T. Andrew Black, Peter D. Blanken, Sean K. Carey, Jiquan Chen, Jinshu Chi, Ankur R. Desai, Allison L. Dunn, E. S. Euskirchen, Lawrence B. Flanagan, Inke Forbrich, Thomas Friborg, Achim Grelle, Silvie Harder, et al.. 2020. Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate. Nature Climate Change, Volume 10, Issue 6, 10(6):555–560.
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@article{Helbig-2020-Increasing, title = "Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate", author = {Helbig, Manuel and Waddington, J. M. and Alekseychik, Pavel and Amiro, B. D. and Aurela, Mika and Barr, Alan and Black, T. Andrew and Blanken, Peter D. and Carey, Sean K. and Chen, Jiquan and Chi, Jinshu and Desai, Ankur R. and Dunn, Allison L. and Euskirchen, E. S. and Flanagan, Lawrence B. and Forbrich, Inke and Friborg, Thomas and Grelle, Achim and Harder, Silvie and Heliasz, Michal and Humphreys, Elyn and Ikawa, Hiroki and Isabelle, Pierre‐Erik and Iwata, Hiroki and Jassal, Rachhpal S. and Korkiakoski, Mika and Kurbatova, J. and Kutzbach, Lars and Lindroth, Anders and L{\"o}fvenius, Mikaell Ottosson and Lohila, Annalea and Mammarella, Ivan and Marsh, Philip and Maximov, Trofim C. and Melton, Joe R. and Moore, Paul and Nadeau, Daniel F. and Nicholls, Erin M. and Nilsson, Mats B. and Ohta, Takeshi and Peichl, Matthias and Petrone, Richard M. and Petrov, Roman and Prokushkin, Anatoly and Quinton, W. L. and Reed, David E. and Roulet, Nigel T. and Runkle, Benjamin R. K. and Sonnentag, Oliver and Strachan, Ian B. and Taillardat, Pierre and Tuittila, Eeva‐Stiina and Tuovinen, Juha‐Pekka and Turner, Jessica and Ueyama, Masahito and Varlagin, Andrej and Wilmking, Martin and Wofsy, Steven C. and Zyrianov, Vyacheslav}, journal = "Nature Climate Change, Volume 10, Issue 6", volume = "10", number = "6", year = "2020", publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media LLC", url = "https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G20-87001", doi = "10.1038/s41558-020-0763-7", pages = "555--560", abstract = "The response of evapotranspiration (ET) to warming is of critical importance to the water and carbon cycle of the boreal biome, a mosaic of land cover types dominated by forests and peatlands. The effect of warming-induced vapour pressure deficit (VPD) increases on boreal ET remains poorly understood because peatlands are not specifically represented as plant functional types in Earth system models. Here we show that peatland ET increases more than forest ET with increasing VPD using observations from 95 eddy covariance tower sites. At high VPD of more than 2 kPa, peatland ET exceeds forest ET by up to 30{\%}. Future (2091{--}2100) mid-growing season peatland ET is estimated to exceed forest ET by over 20{\%} in about one-third of the boreal biome for RCP4.5 and about two-thirds for RCP8.5. Peatland-specific ET responses to VPD should therefore be included in Earth system models to avoid biases in water and carbon cycle projections.", }
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%0 Journal Article %T Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate %A Helbig, Manuel %A Waddington, J. M. %A Alekseychik, Pavel %A Amiro, B. D. %A Aurela, Mika %A Barr, Alan %A Black, T. Andrew %A Blanken, Peter D. %A Carey, Sean K. %A Chen, Jiquan %A Chi, Jinshu %A Desai, Ankur R. %A Dunn, Allison L. %A Euskirchen, E. S. %A Flanagan, Lawrence B. %A Forbrich, Inke %A Friborg, Thomas %A Grelle, Achim %A Harder, Silvie %A Heliasz, Michal %A Humphreys, Elyn %A Ikawa, Hiroki %A Isabelle, Pierre‐Erik %A Iwata, Hiroki %A Jassal, Rachhpal S. %A Korkiakoski, Mika %A Kurbatova, J. %A Kutzbach, Lars %A Lindroth, Anders %A Löfvenius, Mikaell Ottosson %A Lohila, Annalea %A Mammarella, Ivan %A Marsh, Philip %A Maximov, Trofim C. %A Melton, Joe R. %A Moore, Paul %A Nadeau, Daniel F. %A Nicholls, Erin M. %A Nilsson, Mats B. %A Ohta, Takeshi %A Peichl, Matthias %A Petrone, Richard M. %A Petrov, Roman %A Prokushkin, Anatoly %A Quinton, W. L. %A Reed, David E. %A Roulet, Nigel T. %A Runkle, Benjamin R. K. %A Sonnentag, Oliver %A Strachan, Ian B. %A Taillardat, Pierre %A Tuittila, Eeva‐Stiina %A Tuovinen, Juha‐Pekka %A Turner, Jessica %A Ueyama, Masahito %A Varlagin, Andrej %A Wilmking, Martin %A Wofsy, Steven C. %A Zyrianov, Vyacheslav %J Nature Climate Change, Volume 10, Issue 6 %D 2020 %V 10 %N 6 %I Springer Science and Business Media LLC %F Helbig-2020-Increasing %X The response of evapotranspiration (ET) to warming is of critical importance to the water and carbon cycle of the boreal biome, a mosaic of land cover types dominated by forests and peatlands. The effect of warming-induced vapour pressure deficit (VPD) increases on boreal ET remains poorly understood because peatlands are not specifically represented as plant functional types in Earth system models. Here we show that peatland ET increases more than forest ET with increasing VPD using observations from 95 eddy covariance tower sites. At high VPD of more than 2 kPa, peatland ET exceeds forest ET by up to 30%. Future (2091–2100) mid-growing season peatland ET is estimated to exceed forest ET by over 20% in about one-third of the boreal biome for RCP4.5 and about two-thirds for RCP8.5. Peatland-specific ET responses to VPD should therefore be included in Earth system models to avoid biases in water and carbon cycle projections. %R 10.1038/s41558-020-0763-7 %U https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G20-87001 %U https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0763-7 %P 555-560
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- Manuel Helbig, J. M. Waddington, Pavel Alekseychik, B. D. Amiro, Mika Aurela, Alan Barr, T. Andrew Black, Peter D. Blanken, Sean K. Carey, Jiquan Chen, Jinshu Chi, Ankur R. Desai, Allison L. Dunn, E. S. Euskirchen, Lawrence B. Flanagan, Inke Forbrich, Thomas Friborg, Achim Grelle, Silvie Harder, et al.. 2020. Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate. Nature Climate Change, Volume 10, Issue 6, 10(6):555–560.