A new dataset created by Texas A&M researchers will help scientists project ecosystem behavior, including seasonal fluxes of water, carbon and energy.
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have developed a database of new standardized metrics for describing the ebbs and flows of carbon and water in ecosystems. This tool, the Flux Seasonality Metrics Database, will help improve assessments of cyclical changes and evaluate the influence climate, as well as natural and human-caused disturbances, have on these rhythms.
A global dataset of seasonality indicators of carbon, water and energy fluxes that capture the cyclical changes in plant and animal life were published by graduate student Linqing Yang and advisor Asko Noormets, professor of forest ecology, both of the Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology in the Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Noormets said the publication presents a new tool for scientists to interpret the carbon, heat and water fluxes in environments across the world from a new perspective.
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