Climatic control of the high-latitude vegetation greening trend and pinatubo effect

Wolfgang Lucht; I. Colin Prentice; Ranga B. Myneni; Stephen Sitch; Pierre Friedlingstein; Wolfgang Cramer; Philippe Bousquet; Wolfgang Buermann; Benjamin Smith

doi:10.1126/science.1071828

Climatic control of the high-latitude vegetation greening trend and pinatubo effect

Wolfgang Lucht, I. Colin Prentice, Ranga B. Myneni, Stephen Sitch, Pierre Friedlingstein, Wolfgang Cramer, Philippe Bousquet, Wolfgang Buermann, Benjamin Smith

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

A biogeochemical model of vegetation using observed climate data predicts the high northern latitude greening trend over the past two decades observed by satellites and a marked setback in this trend after the Mount Pinatubo volcano eruption in 1991. The observed trend toward earlier spring budburst and increased maximum leaf area is produced by the model as a consequence of biogeochemical vegetation responses mainly to changes in temperature. The post-Pinatubo decline in vegetation in 1992-1993 is apparent as the effect of temporary cooling caused by the eruption. High-latitude CO ₂ uptake during these years is predicted as a consequence of the differentia[response of heterotrophic respiration and net primary production.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1687-1689
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	296
Issue number	5573
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1071828
Publication status	Published - 2002

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