Warm winter, wet spring, and an extreme response in ecosystem functioning on the Iberian Peninsula.

A warm winter 2015/16 followed by a wet spring enabled exceptionally high ecosystem gross primary productivity on the Iberian Peninsula. Climate-ecosystem model simulations show warming winters and increased CO2 availability benefit ecosystem productivity, but no increase in spring precipitation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sippel, S, El-Madany, TS, Migliavacca, M, Mahecha, MD, Carrara, A, Flach, M, Kaminski, T, Otto, FEL, Thonicke, K, Vossbeck, M, Reichstein, M
Format: Journal article
Published: American Meteorological Society 2017