Over the last few years, solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) observations from space have emerged as a promising resource for evaluating the spatio‐temporal distribution of gross primary productivity (GPP) simulated by global terrestrial biosphere models. SIF can be used to improve GPP simulations by optimizing critical model parameters through statistical Bayesian data assimilation techniques. A prerequisite is the availability of a functional link between GPP and SIF in terrestrial biosphere models. Here we present the development of a mechanistic SIF observation operator in the ORCHIDEE (Organizing Carbon and Hydrology In Dynamic Ecosystems) terrestrial biosphere model. It simulates the regulation of photosystem II fluorescence quantum yield at the leaf level thanks to a novel parameterization of non‐photochemical quenching as a function of temperature, photosynthetically active radiation, and normalized quantum yield of photochemistry. It emulates the radiative transfer of chlorophyll fluorescence to the top of the canopy using a parametric simplification of the SCOPE (Soil Canopy Observation Photosynthesis Energy) model. We assimilate two years of monthly OCO‐2 (Orbiting Carbon Observatory‐2) SIF product at 0.5° (2015–2016) to optimize ORCHIDEE photosynthesis and phenological parameters over an ensemble of grid points for all plant functional types. The impact on the simulated GPP is considerable with a large decrease of the global scale budget by 28 GtC/year over the period 1990–2009. The optimized GPP budget (134/136 GtC/year over 1990–2009/2001–2009) remarkably agrees with independent GPP estimates, FLUXSAT (137 GtC/year over 2001–2009) in particular and FLUXCOM (121 GtC/year over 1990–2009). Our results also suggest a biome dependency of the SIF‐GPP relationship that needs to be improved for some plant functional types.
Improving Estimates of Gross Primary Productivity by Assimilating Solar‐Induced Fluorescence Satellite Retrievals in a Terrestrial Biosphere Model Using a Process‐Based SIF Model
C. Bacour,F. Maignan,Natasha MacBean,A. Porcar-Castell,Jaume Flexas,C. Frankenberg,P. Peylin,F. Chevallier,N. Vuichard,V. Bastrikov
Published 2019 in Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
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2019
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
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2019-11-01
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Environmental Science
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- fluxcom
An independent data-driven global GPP estimate used for comparison.
- fluxsat
An independent satellite-derived global GPP estimate used for comparison.
- gross primary productivity (gpp)
The total carbon uptake by vegetation through photosynthesis.
Aliases: gross primary productivity
- mechanistic sif observation operator
A model module that translates leaf and canopy fluorescence processes into simulated top-of-canopy SIF.
Aliases: SIF observation operator
- non-photochemical quenching
A photoprotective mechanism that dissipates excess absorbed light energy and alters fluorescence yield.
Aliases: NPQ
- oco-2 sif product
Monthly solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence retrievals from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 at 0.5° resolution.
Aliases: OCO-2, Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 SIF product
- orchidee terrestrial biosphere model
A process-based land model for vegetation carbon, hydrology, and photosynthesis dynamics.
Aliases: ORCHIDEE, Organizing Carbon and Hydrology In Dynamic Ecosystems
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