Advances in Terrestrial Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change (including global warming and drought) affects the terrestrial energy and mass budgets by many different processes. These processes modify both the rates of carbon uptake and release by plant photosynthesis/respiration and the amount of precipitation/evapotranspiration. Many studies have been done to understand the impact of climate change on the spatial and seasonal variability of carbon and water balance at local and global scales. Both ground-based observations and remote sensing can provide an effective way to evaluate the response of terrestrial carbon and water cycle to climate change. However, no consensus has yet been reached regarding the effect of climate change and its extremes on carbon and water balance.

This Special Issue aims to publish both review and original research papers related to the following research topics:

• Monitoring and modelling terrestrial ecosystems carbon and water cycles: strategies and methodologies;
• Terrestrial carbon and water cycles: results on specific site(s) or global scale;
• Climate change impacts on terrestrial carbon and water cycles: threats and opportunities;
• Plant responses to climatic change: structures and functions  (especially photosynthesis);
• Climate dynamics over the last millennia: High-resolution proxy climate records.

This Special Issue is open to contributions such as review papers and focus papers presenting strategies, methodologies, or approaches on the carbon and water cycles with observations from different platforms. Inter-comparisons of ground-based measurements and remote sensing data are especially welcome. Contributions addressing climate variability over the last millennia are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Jiabing Wu
Dr. Jayendra Singh
Dr. Fenghui Yuan
Guest Editors

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• climate change
• eddy covariance
• remote sensing
• carbon budget
• water cycle
• terrestrial ecosystem
• photosynthesis
• respiration
• evapotranspiration
• tree rings