Jet stream position explains regional anomalies in European beech forest productivity and tree growth

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Contributors

  • Isabel Dorado-Liñán - , Technical University of Madrid (Author)
  • Blanca Ayarzagüena - , Complutense University (Author)
  • Flurin Babst - , University of Arizona (Author)
  • Guobao Xu - , University of Arizona, CAS - Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (Author)
  • Luis Gil - , Technical University of Madrid (Author)
  • Giovanna Battipaglia - , University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (Author)
  • Allan Buras - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Vojtěch Čada - , Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Author)
  • J. Julio Camarero - , Spanish National Research Council (Author)
  • Liam Cavin - , University of Stirling (Author)
  • Hugues Claessens - , University of Liege (Author)
  • Igor Drobyshev - , Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Author)
  • Balázs Garamszegi - , University of Freiburg (Author)
  • Michael Grabner - , University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Author)
  • Andrew Hacket-Pain - , University of Liverpool (UOL) (Author)
  • Claudia Hartl - , Nature Rings – Environmental Research and Education (Author)
  • Andrea Hevia - , University of Huelva (Author)
  • Pavel Janda - , Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Author)
  • Alistair S. Jump - , University of Stirling (Author)
  • Marko Kazimirovic - , University of Belgrade (Author)
  • Srdjan Keren - , University of Agriculture in Krakow (Author)
  • Juergen Kreyling - , University of Greifswald (Author)
  • Alexander Land - , University of Hohenheim, University of Applied Forest Sciences Rottenburg (Author)
  • Nicolas Latte - , University of Liege (Author)
  • Tom Levanič - , Slovenian Forestry Institute, University of Primorska (Author)
  • Ernst van der Maaten - , Chair of Forest Growth and Woody Biomass Production (Author)
  • Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen - , Chair of Forest Growth and Woody Biomass Production (Author)
  • Elisabet Martínez-Sancho - , Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (Author)
  • Annette Menzel - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Martin Mikoláš - , Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Author)
  • Renzo Motta - , University of Turin (Author)
  • Lena Muffler - , University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Paola Nola - , University of Pavia (Author)
  • Momchil Panayotov - , University of Forestry (Author)
  • Any Mary Petritan - , Forest Research and Management Institute (Author)
  • Ion Catalin Petritan - , Transilvania University of Brasov (Author)
  • Ionel Popa - , Forest Research and Management Institute, Center for Mountain Economy - CE-MONT (Author)
  • Peter Prislan - , Slovenian Forestry Institute (Author)
  • Catalin-Constantin Roibu - , Stefan Cel Mare University (Author)
  • Miloš Rydval - , Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Author)
  • Raul Sánchez-Salguero - , Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Author)
  • Tobias Scharnweber - , University of Greifswald (Author)
  • Branko Stajić - , University of Belgrade (Author)
  • Miroslav Svoboda - , Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Author)
  • Willy Tegel - , University of Freiburg (Author)
  • Marius Teodosiu - , University of Bucharest (Author)
  • Elvin Toromani - , Agricultural University of Tirana (Author)
  • Volodymyr Trotsiuk - , Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (Author)
  • Daniel Ond Turcu - , Forest Research and Management Institute (Author)
  • Robert Weigel - , University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Martin Wilmking - , University of Greifswald (Author)
  • Christian Zang - , Technical University of Munich, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (Author)
  • Tzvetan Zlatanov - , Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Valerie Trouet - , University of Arizona (Author)

Abstract

The mechanistic pathways connecting ocean-atmosphere variability and terrestrial productivity are well-established theoretically, but remain challenging to quantify empirically. Such quantification will greatly improve the assessment and prediction of changes in terrestrial carbon sequestration in response to dynamically induced climatic extremes. The jet stream latitude (JSL) over the North Atlantic-European domain provides a synthetic and robust physical framework that integrates climate variability not accounted for by atmospheric circulation patterns alone. Surface climate impacts of north-south summer JSL displacements are not uniform across Europe, but rather create a northwestern-southeastern dipole in forest productivity and radial-growth anomalies. Summer JSL variability over the eastern North Atlantic-European domain (5-40E) exerts the strongest impact on European beech, inducing anomalies of up to 30% in modelled gross primary productivity and 50% in radial tree growth. The net effects of JSL movements on terrestrial carbon fluxes depend on forest density, carbon stocks, and productivity imbalances across biogeographic regions.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number2015
JournalNature communications
Volume13
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 35440102
ORCID /0000-0002-2942-9180/work/153107708
ORCID /0000-0002-5218-6682/work/153110558