Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Coupling During Interstorm Periods

Download or read book Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Coupling During Interstorm Periods written by Andrew F. Feldman and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several findings emerge here: (1) rapid plant growth and slow rehydration responses to surface rewetting are more widespread than previously thought. Given their additional water stress responses to interstorm drying, global vegetation and consequently the carbon cycle are vulnerable to shifting rainfall intensity and interstorm length under climate change. (2) Landscapes most vulnerable to environmental variability and change are those that progressively spend more time in the water-limited regime, not necessarily those that receive the greatest forcing variability. (3) Satellite plant water content observations contain information on sub-weekly timescales consistent with plant hydraulic theory and field measurements, which reveals new avenues for vegetation remote sensing and ecological modeling efforts.