Category: Microbial Communities

Description: Leaf photosynthesis models simulate the rhythms of carbon dioxide (CO2) transfer from the atmosphere to plants. This study highlights a key shortfall in photosynthesis modeling and in the general approach to developing and using predictive models of the terrestrial biosphere.

Institution: ANL

Corresponding Member: Ethan Coon

Data URL: https://ess.science.energy.gov/highlight/multi-hypothesis-modeling-of-photosynthesis/

Associated Studies:

Walker, A. P. et al. “Multi-hypothesis comparison of Farquhar and Collatz photosynthesis models reveals the unexpected influence of empirical assumptions at leaf and global scales”. Global Change Biology 27 804–822  (2021). https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15366.

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Funding

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research: Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments-Tropics, ORNL Terrestrial Ecosystem Science SFA, university grant DE-SC0019438. National Science Foundation support for National Center for Atmospheric Research.