Great progress made by Dr. Paul Levine at JPL on developing a data assimilation system and it’s applications to constrain hydrologic properties, disentangle CO2 and climate contributions to trends of gross primary production, transpiration, and water use efficiency.
We find that soil moisture deficits in the Amazon persist for many months after an El Nino dissipates. The drier soils extend and amplify warming caused by El Nino, and as a result, more carbon is lost from terrestrial ecosystems. https://t.co/17tdggdvxE