Vancouver Island Flux Sites Project
Jassal, R.S., Black, T.A., Trofymow, A.J., Roy, R.,
Nesic, Z., 2009. Forest-floor CO2 and N2O flux dynamics in a
nitrogen-fertilized Pacific Northwest Douglas-fir stand. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry, Submitted.
Arevalo, C., Bhatti, J.S., Chang, S., Jassal, R.S.,
Sidders, D. 2008. Soil respiration in four different land use systems in north
central Alberta, Canada. Global Change Biology, submitted.
Krishnan, P., Black, T.A., Jassal, R.S., Nesic, Z. 2008.
Interannual variability in the carbon balance of three different-aged Pacific
Northwest Douglas-fir stands. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences,
submitted.
Jassal, R.S., Black, T.A., Spittlehouse, D., Christian,
B., Nesic, Z. 2009. Evapotranspiration and water use efficiency in Pacific
Northwest Douglas-fir stands of different ages following clearcut harvesting.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, AGRFORMET-D-08-00277, Accepted.
Cai, T., Black, T.A., Jassal, R.S., Morgenstern, K.,
Nesic, Z. 2009. Incorporating diffuse photosynthetically active radiation in a
single-leaf model of canopy photosynthesis for a 56-year-old coastal
Douglas-fir stand. International Journal of Biometeorology, DOI
10.1007/s00484-008-0196.x.
Chen, B., Black, T.A., Nicholas, C., Jassal, R.,
Brümmer, C., Nesic, Z. 2008. Seasonal controls on interannual variability in
carbon dioxide exchange of a near-end-of rotation Douglas-fir stand in the
Pacific Northwest. Global Change Biology, Accepted.
Jassal, R.S., Black, T.A., Chen, B., Nesic, Z., Roy, R.,
Spittlehouse, D., Trofymow, A.J. 2008. N2O emissions and carbon sequestration
in a nitrogen-fertilized Douglas-fir stand. Journal of Geophysical
Research-Biogeosciences, doi:10.1029/2008JG000764.
Black, T.A., Jassal, R.S., Fredeen, A. 2008. Carbon sequestration
in British Columbia’s forests and management options: A White Paper on
Forestry. Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, Vitoria BC, 19 p.
Hilker, T., Coops, N.C., Coggins, S., Wulder, M.A.,
Brown, M., Black, T.A., Nesic, Z., Lessard, D. 2008. Detection of foliage
conditions and disturbance from multi-angular high spectral resolution remote
sensing. Remote Sensing of Environ. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.10.003.
Chen, B., Black, T.A., Coops, N.C., Hilker, T. Trofymow,
J.A., Morgenstern, K. 2008. Assessing tower flux footprint climatology and
scaling between remotely sensed and eddy covariance measurements.
Boundary-Layer Meteorol. DOI:10.1007/s10546-008-9339-1.
Jassal, R.S., Black, T.A., Novak, M.D., Gaumont-Guay,
Nesic, Z. 2008. Effect of soil water stress on soil respiration and its
temperature sensitivity in an 18-year-old temperate Douglas-fir stand. Global
Change Biology, 14, 1-14.
Hall, F.G., Thomas Hilker, T., Coops, N.C., Lyapustin,
A., Huemmrich, K.F., Middleton, E., Margolis, H., Drolet, G., Black, T.A. 2008.
Multi-angle remote sensing of forest light use efficiency by observing PRI
variation with canopy shadow fraction OR can light-saturation in canopy
photosynthetic capacity be observed from space? Remote Sensing of Environment
112, 3201-3211.
Cai, T. Flanagan, L., Jassal, R.S., Black, T.A. 2008.
Modeling environmental and ecological controls on the carbon isotope
composition of ecosystem respired CO2 in a coastal Douglas-fir forest. Plant
Cell and Environment, 31, 435-453.
Hilker, T. Coops, N.C., Schwalm, C., Jassal, R.S.,
Black, T.A., Krishnan, P. 2008. Effects of Mutual Shading of Tree Crowns on
Prediction of Photosynthetic Light Use Efficiency in a Coastal Douglas-fir
Forest. Tree Physiology, 28, 825-834.
Chasmer, L., McCaughey, H., Hopkinson, C., Treitz, P.,
Barr, A.G., Black, T.A. Shashkov, A. 2008. Scaling and assessment of GPP from
MODIS using a combination of airborne lidar and eddy covariance measurements
over jack pine forests. Remote Sensing of Environ. (in press).
Jassal, R.S., Black, T.A., Cai, T., Morgenstern, K., Li,
Z., Gaumont-Guay, D., Nesic, Z. 2007. Components of ecosystem respiration and
estimates of net primary productivity of an intermediate-aged Douglas-fir
stand. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 144, 44-57.
Coops, N.C., Jassal, R.S., Leuning, R., Black, T.A.,
Morgenstern, K. 2007. Incorporation of a soil water modifier into MODIS
predictions of temperate Douglas-fir gross primary productivity: Initial model
development. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 147, 99-109.
Coops, N.C., Black, T.A., Jassal, R.S., Trofymow, J.A.,
Morgenstern, K. 2007. Comparison of MODIS, Eddy covariance determined and
physiologically modelled gross primary production (GPP) in a Douglas-fir forest
stand. Remote Sensing of Environment, 107, 385-401.
Misson, L., Baldocchi, D.D., Black,, T.A., Blanken,
P.D., Brunet, Y., Curiel Yuste, J., Dorsey, J.R., Falk, M., Goldstein, A.H.,
Granier, A., Irvine, M.R., Jarosz, N, Lamaud, E., Law, B.E., Longdoz, B.,
Loustau, D., McKay, M., Paw U, K.T., Vickers,
D., Wilson, K.B. 2007. Partitioning forest carbon fluxes with overstory and
understory eddy-covariance measurements: a synthesis based on FLUXNET data.
Agric. For. Meteorol. 144: 14-31.
Humphreys, E.R., Black, T.A., Morgenstern, K., Cai, T.,
Drewitt, G.B., Nesic, Z. 2006. Carbon dioxide fluxes in three coastal
Douglas-fir stands at different stages of development after harvesting. Agric.
For. Meteorol.140: 6-22.
Schwalm, C.R.,
Black, T.A., Morgenstern, K., Humphreys, E.R. 2006b. Estimating NEP from
tower-based EC measurements along a coastal Douglas-fir chronosequence. Global
Change Biol. 13, 370-385.
Sun, H., Clark, T.L., Stull, R.B., Black, T.A. 2006a.
Two-dimensional simulation of airflow and CO2 transport over a forested
mountain. Part I. Interactions between thermally forced circulations. Agric.
For. Meteorol. 140: 338-351.
Sun, H., Clark, T.L., Stull, R.B., Black, T.A. 2006a.
Two-dimensional simulation of airflow and CO2 transport over a forested
mountain. Part II. Carbon dioxide budget analysis and advection effects. Agric.
For. Meteorol. 140, 352-364.
Coursolle, C., Margolis, H.A., Barr, A.G., Black, T.A.,
Amiro, B.D., McCaughey, J.H., Flanagan, L.B., Lafleur, P.M., Roulet, N.T.,
Bourque, C.P.-A., Arain, M.A., Wofsy, S.C., Dunn, A., Morgenstern, K.,
Orchansky, A.L., Bernier, P.Y., Chen, J.M., Kidston, J. et al. 2006.
Late-summer carbon fluxes from Canadian forests and peatlands along an
east–west continental transect. Can. J. For. Res. 36: 783–800.
Ethier, G.J., Livingston, N.J., Harrison, D.L., Black,
T.A., Moran, J.A. 2006. Low stomatal and internal conductance to CO2 vs.
Rubisco deactivation as determinants of the photosynthetic decline of aging
evergreen leaves. Plant, Cell and Environment 29: 2168-2184.
Humphreys, E.R., Black, T.A., Morgenstern, K., Li, Z.,
Nesic, Z. 2005. Net ecosystem production of a Douglas-fir stand for 3 years
following clearcut harvesting. Global Change Biol. 11: 450-464.
Ponton, S., Flanagan, L.B., Alstad, K.P., Johnson, B.G., Morgenstern, K., Kljun, N., Black, T.A., Barr, A.G. 2006. Comparison of ecosystem water-use efficiency
among Douglas-fir forest, aspen forest and grassland using eddy covariance and
carbon isotope techniques. Global Change Biol. 12, 294-310.
Jassal, R.S., Black, T.A. 2006. Estimating heterotrophic
and autotrophic soil respiration using the small-area trenched plot technique:
Theory and practice. Agric. For. Meteorol. 140, 193-202.
Ju, W., Chen, J.M., Black, T.A., Barr, A.G., McCaughey,
J.H., Roulet, N.T., 2006. Hydrological effects on carbon cycles of Canada’s
forests and wetlands. Tellus B, 58, 16-30.
Drewitt, G., Black, T.A., Jassal, R.S. 2005. Using
measurements of soil CO2 efflux and concentration to infer the depth
distribution of CO2 production in a forest soil. Canadian Journal of Soil
Science 85, 213-221.
Gu, L., Falge, E., Boden, T., Baldocchi, D., Black,
T.A., Saleska, S., Suni, T., Verma, S. et al. 2005. Objective threshold
determination for nighttime eddy flux filtering. Agric. For. Meteorol. 128:
179-197.
Jassal, R.S., Black, T.A., Drewitt, G.B., Novak, M.D.,
Gaumont-Guay, D., Nesic, Z. 2004. A model of the production and transport of
CO2 in soil: Predicting soil CO2 concentrations and CO2 efflux from a forest
floor. Agric. For. Meteorol. 124: 219-236.
Morgenstern, K., Black, T.A., Humphreys, E.R., Griffis,
T.J., Drewitt, G.B., Cai, T., Nesic, Z., Spittlehouse, D.L., Livingston N.J.
2004. Sensitivity and uncertainty of the carbon balance of a Pacific Northwest
Douglas-fir forest during an El Niño/La Niña cycle. Agric. For. Meteorol. 123:
201-219.
Humphreys, E.R., Black, T.A., Ethier, G.J., Drewitt,
G.B., Spittlehouse, D.L., Jork, E.M., Nesic, Z., Livingstone, N.J., 2003.
Annual and seasonal variability of sensible and latent heat fluxes above a
coastal Douglas-fir forest, British Columbia, Canada. Agric. For. Meteorol.
115, 109–125.
Drewitt, G.B., Black, T.A., Nesic, Z., Humphreys, E.R., Jork, E.M., Swanson, R., Ethier, G.J., Griffs, T., Morgenstern, K. 2002. Measuring forest floor CO2 fluxes in a Douglas-fir forest. Agric. For. Meteorol. 110, 299-317.
BERMS/BOREAS
Grant, R.F. H.A. Margolis, A.G. Barr, T.A. Black, A.L.
Dunn, P.Y. Bernier, O. Bergeron. 2009. Changes in net ecosystem productivity of
boreal black spruce stands in response to changes in temperature at diurnal and
seasonal time scales. Tree Physiology 29, 1-17.
Gaumont-Guay, D., Black, T.A., McCaughy, H., Barr, A.G.,
Jassal, R.S., Nesic, Z. 2008. Soil CO2 efflux in contrasting boreal deciduous
and coniferous stands and its contribution to the ecosystem carbon balance.
Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01830.x.
Gaumont-Guay, D., Black, T.A., Barr, A.G., Jassal, R.S.,
Nesic, Z. 2008. Biophysical controls on rhizospheric and heterotrophic
components of soil respiration in a boreal black spruce stand. Tree Physiology
28, 161-171.
Mkhabela, M.S., B.D. Amiro, A.G. Barr, T.A. Black, I.
Hawthorne, J. Kidston, J.H. McCaughey, A.L. Orchansky, Z. Nesic, A. Sass, A.
Shashkov, T. Zha. 2008. Comparison of Carbon Dynamics
and Water Use Efficiency Following Fire
and Harvesting in Canadian Boreal Forests . In press, Agricultural
and Forest Meteorology, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.10.025.
Grant, R.F. A.G. Barr, T.A. Black, D. GaumontGuay, H.
Iwashita, J. Kidston, H. McCaughey, K. Morgenstern, S. Murayama, Z. Nesic, N.
Saigusa, A. Shashkov and T. Zha. 2007. Net ecosystem productivity of boreal
jack pine stands regenerating from clearcutting under
current and future climates. In press, Global Change
Biology 13:1423–1440..
Barr, A.G., Morgenstern, K., Black, T.A., McCaughey,
J.H. 2006a. Surface energy balance closure by the eddy-covariance method above
three boreal forest stands and implications for the measurement of the CO2
flux. Agric. For. Meteorol 140, 322-337.
Barr, A.G., Black, T.A., Hogg, E.H., Griffis, T.J.,
Theede, A., Kljun, N., Morgenstern, K., Nesic, Z. 2006b. Climatic controls on
the carbon and water balances of a boreal aspen forest, 1994-2003. Global
Change Biol. 12: 1-16.
Krishnan, P, Black, T.A., Grant, N.J., Barr, A.G., Hogg,
E.H., Jassal, R.S., Morgenstern, K., 2006. Carbon dioxide and water vapour
exchange in a boreal aspen forest during and following severe drought.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 139, 208-223.
Grant, R.F., Zhang, Y., Yuan, F., Wang, S., Hanson,
P.J., Gaumont-Guay, D., Chen, J., Black, T.A., Barr, A.G., Baldocchi, D.D.,
Arain, A. 2006b. Intercomparison of techniques to model water stress effects on
CO2 and energy exchange in temperate and boreal deciduous forests. Ecological
Modelling, 196: 289-312.
Ju, W., J. M. Chen, T.A. Black, A.G. Barr, J. Liu, and B.
Chen. Modelling multi-year coupled carbon and water fluxes in a boreal aspen
forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. (submitted).
Grant, R.F., T.A. Black, D. Gaumont-Guay, N. Kljun, A.G.
Barr, K. Morgenstern and Z. Nesic. 2006. Net ecosystem productivity of boreal
aspen forests under drought and climate change: mathematical modelling with
ecosys. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 140, 152-170.
Chen, J.M., Chen, B., Higuchi, K., Chan, D., Worthy, D., Tans, P., Black, T.A. 2006.
Boreal ecosystems sequestered more carbon in warmer years. Geophys. Res. Lett.
33: L10803, doi:10.1029/2006GL025919.
Betts, A. K., J. H. Ball, A. G. Barr, T. A. Black, J. H.
McCaughey and P. Viterbo. 2006. Analysis of ERA-40 biases and surface-BL-cloud
coupling using BERMS data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Agric. For.
Meteorol. 140: 365-382.
Bernier, P.Y., Bartlett, P., Black, T.A., Barr, A.G., Kljun, N., McCaughey, H. 2006.
Drought constraints on transpiration and canopy conductance in mature aspen and
jack pine stands. Agric. For. Meteorol. 140: 64-78.
Bergeron, O., Margolis, H.A., Black, T.A., Coursolle,
C., Dunn, A.L., Barr, A.G., Wofsy, S.C. 2006. Comparison of CO2 fluxes over
three boreal black spruce forests in Canada. Global Change Biol. 13: 89-107.
Amiro, B.D., A.L. Orchansky, A.G. Barr, T.A. Black, S.D.
Chambers, F.S. Chapin III, M.L. Goulden, M. Litvak, H.P. Liu, J.H. McCaughey,
A. McMillan and J.T., 2006a. Randerson. The effect of post-fire stand age on
the boreal forest energy balance. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 140,
41-50.
Amiro, B.D., Barr, A.G., Black, T.A., Iwashita, H., Kljun, N., McCaughey, J.H., Morgenstern,
K., Murayama, S., Nesic, Z., Orchansky, A.L., Saigusa, N. 2006b. Carbon, energy
and water fluxes at mature and disturbed forest sites, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Agric For. Meteorol. 136: 237-251.
Gaumont-Guay, D., Black, T.A., Griffis, T.J., Barr,
A.G., Jassal, R.S., Nesic, Z., 2006. Interpreting the dependence of soil
respiration on soil temperature and water content in a boreal aspen stand.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 140,220-235.
Gaumont-Guay, D., Black, T.A., Griffis, T.J., Barr,
A.G., Morgenstern, K., Jassal, R.S., Nesic, Z., 2006. Influence of temperature
and drought on seasonal and interannual variations of soil, bole and ecosystem
respiration in a boreal aspen stand. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.140,
203-219.
Kljun, N., Black, T.A., Griffis, T.J., Barr, A.G.,
Gaumont-Guay, D., Morgenstern, K., McCaughey, J.H., Nesic, Z. 2006. Response of
net ecosystem productivity of three boreal forest stands to drought. Ecosystems
9: 1128-1144.
Baldocchi, D.D., Black, T.A., Curtis, P., Falge, E.,
Fuentes, J.D., Granier, A., Gu, L., Knohl, A. et al. 2005. Predicting the onset
of photosynthesis of deciduous forests with soil temperature and climate data:
A synthesis of FLUXNET data. International J. of Biometeorol. 49: 377-387
Amiro, B.D., A.G. Barr, T.A. Black, H. Iwashita, N.
Kljun, J.H. McCaughey, K. Morgenstern, S. Murayama, Z. Nesic, A.L. Orchansky,
N. Saigusa. Carbon, energy and water fluxes at mature and disturbed forest
sites, Saskatchewan, Canada. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 136, 237-251.
Baldocchi, D.D., T.A. Black, P. Curtis, E. Falge J.D. Fuentes A. Granier, L. Gu A. Knohl, K. Pilegaard, H.P. Schmid, R. Valentini, K. Wilson, S. Wofsy, L. Xu and S. Yamamoto. Predicting the onset of photosynthesis of deciduous forests with soil temperature and climate data: A synthesis of FLUXNET data. International Journal of Biometeorology 49, 377-387.
Drolet, G.G., Huemmrich, K.F., Hall, F.G., Middleton,
E.M., Black, T.A., Barr, A.G., Margolis, H.A. 2006. A MODIS-derived
photochemical reflectance index to detect inter-annual variations in the
photosynthetic light-use efficiency of a boreal deciduous forest. Remote
Sensing of Environ. 98: 212-224.
Iwashita, H., Saigusa, N., Murayama, S., McCaughey, H.,
Black, T.A., Barr, A.G., Higuchi, K., Yamamoto, S. 2005. Effect of soil water
content on CO2 flux at a sparse-canopy forest in the Canadian boreal biome. J.
Agric. Meteorol. (Japan Soc. Agric. Meteorol.). 61: 131-141
Black, T.A., Gaumont-Guay, D., Jassal, R.S., Amiro,
B.D., Jarvis, P.G., Gower, S.T., Kelliher, F.M. 2005. Measurement of
carbon dioxide exchange between the boreal forest and the atmosphere. In Carbon
Balance of Forest Biomes, Griffiths, H. and Jarvis, P.G.(eds.), BIOS Scientific
Publishers, Oxfordshire, U.K, p 151-185.
Blanken, P.D., Black, T.A. 2004. The canopy conductance
of a boreal aspen forest. Hydrological Processes 18: 1561-1578.
Barr, A.G., Black, T.A., Hogg, E.H., Kljun, N.,
Morgenstern, K., Nesic, Z. 2004. Inter-annual variability in the leaf area
index of a boreal aspen-hazelnut forest in relation to net ecosystem
production. Agric. For. Meteorol. 126: 237-255.
Griffis, T.J., Black, T.A., Gaumont-Guay, D., Drewitt,
G.B., Nesic, Z., Barr, A.G., Morgenstern, K., Kljun, N. 2004. Seasonal
variations and partitioning of ecosystem respiration in a southern boreal aspen
forest. Agric. For. Meteorol. 125: 207-223.
Blanken, P.D., Black, T.A. 2004. The canopy conductance
of a boreal aspen forest. Hydrological Processes 18: 1561-1578.
Griffis, T.J., T. A. Black, K. Morgenstern, A. G. Barr,
Z. Nesic, G. B. Drewitt, D. Gaumont-Guay, J. H. McCaughey. 2003. Ecophysiological
controls on the carbon balances of three southern boreal forests.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 117, 53-71.
Gu, L., Baldocchi, D.D., Black, T.A., Verma, S.B., Vesala, T., Wofsy, S.C. 2003.
Phenology of vegetation photosynthesis. In: Phenology: An Integrative
Environmental Science. M.D. Schwartz. (ed.) Springer (592 p.)
CLASS
Kothavala, Z., Arain, M.A., Black T.A., Verseghy, D.
2005. The simulation of energy, water vapor and carbon dioxide fluxes over
common crops by the Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS) Agric. For. Meteorol.
133: 89-108.
Jassal, R.S., Novak, M. D., Black, T.A. 2003. Effect of
surface layer thickness on simultaneous transport of heat and water in a bare
soil and its implications for land surface schemes. Atmosphere-Ocean, 41,
259-272.
Wu, A., Black, T.A., Verseghy, D.L., Blanken, P.D.,
Novak, M.D., Chen, W. and Yang, P.C., 2000. A comparison of parameterizations
of canopy conductance of aspen and Douglas-fir forests for CLASS.
Atmosphere-Ocean, 38: 81-112.
Wu, A., Black, T.A., Verseghy, D.L., Novak, M.D. and
Bailey, W.G., 2000. Testing the a and b methods of estimating evaporation from
bate and vegetated surfaces in CLASS. Atmosphere-Ocean, 38: 15-35.