Quantifying the missing link between forest albedo and productivity in the
boreal zone

Hovi, Aarne; Liang, Jingjing; Korhonen, Lauri; Kobayashi, Hideki; Rautiainen, Miina

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6015-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6015-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6015-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 21

Research article

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03 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 03 Nov 2016

Quantifying the missing link between forest albedo and productivity in the boreal zone

Aarne Hovi, Jingjing Liang, Lauri Korhonen, Hideki Kobayashi, and Miina Rautiainen

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6015-2016-supplement

Data sets

Cooperative Alaska Forest Inventory E. C. Packee, T. Malone, J. Liang, and M. Stevens https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/d442e829a1adf7da169b6076826de563

Optical properties of leaves and needles for boreal tree species in Europe (http://specchio.ch/) P. Lukeš, P. Stenberg, M. Rautiainen, M. Mõttus, and K. M. Vanhatalo https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2013.782112

Biophysical, Morphological, Canopy Optical Property, and Productivity Data from the Superior National Forest F. G. Hall, K. F. Huemmrich, D. E. Strebel, S. J. Goetz, J. E. Nickeson, and K. D. Woods https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/183

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We investigated forest albedo and FAPAR in Alaska and Finland in the boreal zone, using a radiative transfer model parameterized with forest inventory data. Albedo and canopy FAPAR were tightly connected in coniferous forests, indicating that managing forests to increase albedo may compromise productivity. Alaskan and Finnish forests differed in their albedo and FAPAR values, and solar elevation was an important factor controlling the relationships between forest structure, albedo, and FAPAR.