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    Parametrization of two photosynthesis models at the canopy scale in a northern boreal Scots pine forest

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    Tea Thum ,

    Finnish Meteorological Institute, Global and Climate Change Research, FI
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    Tuula Aalto,

    Finnish Meteorological Institute, Global and Climate Change Research, FI
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    Tuomas Laurila,

    Finnish Meteorological Institute, Global and Climate Change Research, FI
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    Mika Aurela,

    Finnish Meteorological Institute, Global and Climate Change Research, FI
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    Pasi Kolari,

    University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Ecology, FI
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    Pertti Hari

    University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Ecology, FI
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    Abstract

    In thiswork, eddy covariance data from a northern boreal Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) stand were used in the parametrization of two up-scaled leaf-level photosynthesis models. The parametrization was carried out by eddy covariance data inversion. The biochemically based Farquhar model parameters, the maximum rate of electron transport (Jmax) and maximum rate of carboxylation [V c(max)], were both obtained from the temperature responses measured by the eddy covariance. The semi-empirical model, based on optimizing water use and carbon gain, was parametrized according to the seasonal behaviour of the parameter β The parametrization of the models was performed for the year 2001, while 2002 was used as a test year to study the models’ capabilities. Both of the models tracked daily CO2 assimilation fairly well, reaching the high growing-season rates in mid-June and starting the autumn drawdown at the beginning of September. The incapability of the models to track the diminishing of CO2 fluxes during very dry days brings up the issue of combining a soil model into the canopy model. The biochemical model parameters have temperature responses that change during the growing season. The biochemical model responds more to the temperature, whereas the semi-empirical model is strongly driven by the light level.

    How to Cite: Thum, T., Aalto, T., Laurila, T., Aurela, M., Kolari, P. and Hari, P., 2007. Parametrization of two photosynthesis models at the canopy scale in a northern boreal Scots pine forest. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 59(5), pp.847–890. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2007.00305.x
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     Accepted on 15 Jun 2007            Submitted on 31 Oct 2006

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