Predictive modelling of forest VOC emissions
A CEES project
Trees release large amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the Earth's atmosphere, with important effects on atmospheric chemisty at local to global scales. This project aims to combine various sources of satellite data (e.g. leaf area, atmospheric formaldeyhde concentrations) with various candidate model structures in order to enable estimates of current forest VOC emissions, and enable estimates of future emissions under various climate change scenarios.
Related Publications
- Arlene M Fiore, Larry W Horowitz, Drew W Purves, Hiram Levy II, Mathew J Evans, Yuxuan Wang, Qinbin Li, and Robert M Yantosca, Evaluating the contribution of changes in isoprene emissions tosurface ozone trends over the eastern United States, in Journal of Geophysical Research, 2005
- Drew W Purves, John P Caspersen, Paul R Moorcroft, George C Hurtt, and Stephen W Pacala, Human-induced changes in US biogenic volatile organic compound emissions: evidence from long-term forest inventory data, in Global Change Biology, 2004






