Mesoscale Wind and Temperature Changes over Peatlands of the Hudson Bay Lowlands: impacts on the Surface Energy Balance and Net CO2 Exchange

• Main Author: Balogun, Olalekan Oluleye
• Other Authors: Bello, Richard
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Climate change; Hudson Bay; Hudson Bay Lowlands; Arctic; Arctic amplification; VPRM; Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration Model; HBL; Fen; Bog; Peatlands; Churchill; Attawapiskat; Sea ice; Global warming; Mesoscale winds; Wind regimes; Onshore winds; Offshore winds; Subarctic; LUE; Light-use efficiency; NARR; North American Regional Reanalysis; OCO-2; Eddy covariance; Ecosystem respiration; Enhanced vegetation index; Gross primary production; ER; GPP; MODIS; Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; Net ecosystem exchange; NEE; Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2; Photosynthetically active radiation; PAR; Plant functional type; PFT; Latent heat flux; Ground heat flux; Sensible heat flux; Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence; SIF; Theil-Sen slope approach; Mann-Kendall; Permafrost; Spatial analysis; Canada; Hudson; Kendall; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10315/39107

Although northern peatlands in general are currently a net carbon sink, there is still considerable uncertainty in the long-term combined response of plant productivity and ecosystem respiration to global warming and moisture changes. The Hudson Bay Lowlands (HBL) region of Canada is the second larg...