McFadden, Joseph (Joe): University of California (Project Lead)
Project Funding:
2004 - 2009
Funded by NASA
Abstract:
This project will characterize and quantify carbon sources and sinks from developed land in the U.S. Upper Midwest. New methods using multi-scale remotely sensed data will be developed to link CO2 flux observations to data on carbon stocks and land cover/land use from Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) urban inventory protocol plots in order to quantify the net effect of developed land on the regional carbon budget. Net ecosystem exchange of CO2 will be determined using a portable eddy flux tower to sample patches within and adjacent to the footprint of a long-term, 170-m tall flux tower. The whole-ecosystem observations will be complemented by component CO2 flux measurements from lawns, soils, herbaceous ground cover, and woody vegetation. Ecosystem carbon stocks will be measured following FIA protocols using plots that will be co-located with the flux measurement points. The in situ observations will be used as training data for map-based scaling of the component-flux relationships based on multi-resolution data including high-resolution aerial photography and QuickBird, Landsat, and MODIS imagery.
Publications:
Menzer, O., McFadden, J. P. 2017. Statistical partitioning of a three-year time series of direct urban net CO 2 flux measurements into biogenic and anthropogenic components. Atmospheric Environment. 170, 319-333. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.09.049
Miller, D. L., Roberts, D. A., Clarke, K. C., Lin, Y., Menzer, O., Peters, E. B., McFadden, J. P. 2018. Gross primary productivity of a large metropolitan region in midsummer using high spatial resolution satellite imagery. Urban Ecosystems. 21(5), 831-850. DOI: 10.1007/s11252-018-0769-3
Menzer, O., Meiring, W., Kyriakidis, P. C., McFadden, J. P. 2015. Annual sums of carbon dioxide exchange over a heterogeneous urban landscape through machine learning based gap-filling. Atmospheric Environment. 101, 312-327. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.006
Fissore, C., Hobbie, S. E., King, J. Y., McFadden, J. P., Nelson, K. C., Baker, L. A. 2011. The residential landscape: fluxes of elements and the role of household decisions. Urban Ecosystems. 15(1), 1-18. DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0189-0
Peters, E. B., McFadden, J. P. 2012. Continuous measurements of net CO2exchange by vegetation and soils in a suburban landscape. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 117(G3). DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001933
Fissore, C., McFadden, J. P., Nelson, K. C., Peters, E. B., Hobbie, S. E., King, J. Y., Baker, L. A., Jakobsdottir, I. 2012. Potential impacts of emerald ash borer invasion on biogeochemical and water cycling in residential landscapes across a metropolitan region. Urban Ecosystems. 15(4), 1015-1030. DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0239-2
McFadden, J. P.. 2012. CO2, water vapor, and energy fluxes from urban vegetation and soils. FluxLetter 5(1): 9-13
Hiller, R. V., McFadden, J. P., Kljun, N. 2010. Interpreting CO2 Fluxes Over a Suburban Lawn: The Influence of Traffic Emissions. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 138(2), 215-230. DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9558-0
Peters, E. B., Hiller, R. V., McFadden, J. P. 2011. Seasonal contributions of vegetation types to suburban evapotranspiration. Journal of Geophysical Research. 116(G1). DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001463
Fissore, C., Baker, L. A., Hobbie, S. E., King, J. Y., McFadden, J. P., Nelson, K. C., Jakobsdottir, I. 2011. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus fluxes in household ecosystems in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, urban region. Ecological Applications. 21(3), 619-639. DOI: 10.1890/10-0386.1
Peters, E. B., McFadden, J. P. 2010. Influence of seasonality and vegetation type on suburban microclimates. Urban Ecosystems. 13(4), 443-460. DOI: 10.1007/s11252-010-0128-5
Peters, E. B., McFadden, J. P., Montgomery, R. A. 2010. Biological and environmental controls on tree transpiration in a suburban landscape. Journal of Geophysical Research. 115(G4). DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001266
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