Tristan Quaife
tquaife.bsky.social
Tristan Quaife
@tquaife.bsky.social
Professor of Earth System Science, University of Reading and UK National Centre for Earth Observation.
But, perhaps more importantly, we suggest that the inclusion of simple clumping factors in these 1D schemes is unlikely to capture the effect of the 3D structure on photosynthesis correctly. More on this coming out soon.
March 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In a nutshell, the results suggest that land surface models, which tend to use 1D radiative transfer solutions for vegetation canopies, will tend to predict more photosynthesis per unit leaf area than models incorporating more realistic 3D structure.
March 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
To get a sense of the scale of the problem, see this page from UCU colleagues at QMUL:

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UK HE shrinking
This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…
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January 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Oh wow. Thanks Katherine!
November 12, 2024 at 6:10 PM