Journal article
Carbon uptake and water use in woodlands and forests in southern Australia during an extreme heat wave event in the "angry Summer" of 2012/2013
E Van Gorsel, S Wolf, J Cleverly, P Isaac, V Haverd, C Ewenz, S Arndt, J Beringer, VR De Dios, BJ Evans, A Griebel, LB Hutley, T Keenan, N Kljun, C Macfarlane, WS Meyer, I McHugh, E Pendall, SM Prober, R Silberstein
Biogeosciences | COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH | Published : 2016
Abstract
As a result of climate change warmer temperatures are projected through the 21st century and are already increasing above modelled predictions. Apart from increases in the mean, warm/hot temperature extremes are expected to become more prevalent in the future, along with an increase in the frequency of droughts. It is crucial to better understand the response of terrestrial ecosystems to such temperature extremes for predicting land-surface feedbacks in a changing climate. While land-surface feedbacks in drought conditions and during heat waves have been reported from Europe and the US, direct observations of the impact of such extremes on the carbon and water cycles in Australia have been l..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work utilised data from the OzFlux network which is supported by the Australian Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN; http://www.tern.org.au) and by grants funded by the Australian Research Council. We would like to acknowledge the contributions Ray Leuning made to OzFlux and Au-Tum. Ray Leuning has been cofounder and leader of the OzFlux community and has been a great mentor to many in our network. We would also like to acknowledge the strong leadership role that Helen Cleugh had over many years. The network would not be where it is without their input. Victor Resco de Dios and Elise Pendal acknowledge the Education Investment Fund and HIE for construction and maintenance of the AU-Cum tower. The Australian Climate Change Science Program supported contributions by Eva van Gorsel and Vanessa Haverd, and Sebastian Wolf was supported by the European Commission's FP7 (Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship, grant 300083) and ETH Zurich. Victor Resco de Dios acknowledges funding from a Ramon y Cajal fellowship RYC-2012-10970. Natascha Kljun acknowledges funding from The Royal Society UK, grant IE110132. We would further like to acknowledge the referees and their helpful comments, which have helped us to improve the manuscript.