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Whether human-induced activities could change the gradient pattern of coastal land use along the sea-land direction: a case study in Manila Bay, Philippines
Increasing intense human activities have largely changed the coastal landscape and caused many environmental issues. However, whether human-induced activities could change the coastal land use gradient pattern...
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Climate change and ecological engineering jointly induced vegetation greening in global karst regions from 2001 to 2020
Vegetation dynamics play a dominant role in the global carbon cycle and climate, especially in vulnerable karst ecosystem. Many studies have examined the past several decades changes in vegetation greenness an...
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Open AccessRemotely monitoring ecosystem respiration from various grasslands along a large-scale east–west transect across northern China
Grassland ecosystems play an important role in the terrestrial carbon cycles through carbon emission by ecosystem respiration (Re) and carbon uptake by plant photosynthesis (GPP). Surprisingly, given Re occupies ...
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The uncertainty analysis of the MODIS GPP product in global maize croplands
Gross primary productivity (GPP) is very important in the global carbon cycle. Currently, the newly released estimates of 8-day GPP at 500 m spatial resolution (Collection 6) are provided by the Moderate Resol...
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Spatial and temporal analyses of air pollutants and meteorological driving forces in Bei**g–Tian**–Hebei region, China
Due to its negative impact on the living environment of human beings, ambient air pollution has become a global challenge to human health. In this study, surface observations of six criteria air pollutants, in...
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Open AccessComparison of net ecosystem carbon exchange estimation in a mixed temperate forest using field eddy covariance and MODIS data
Quantification of net ecosystem carbon exchange (NEE) between the atmosphere and vegetation is of great importance for regional and global studies of carbon balance. The eddy covariance technique can quantify ...
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Sensitivity of near real-time MODIS gross primary productivity in terrestrial forest based on eddy covariance measurements
As an important product of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), MOD17A2 provides dramatic improvements in our ability to accurately and continuously monitor global terrestrial primary product...
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A comprehensive assessment of MODIS-derived GPP for forest ecosystems using the site-level FLUXNET database
Accurate and continuous monitoring of forest production is critical for quantifying the dynamics of regional-to-global carbon cycles. MOD17A2 provides high frequency observations of terrestrial gross primary p...
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Open AccessImpacts of human activities and climate change on the water environment of Lake Poyang Basin, China
The global mean temperature has risen by 0.85 °C from 1880 to 2012, and this increase may even accelerate in the future. The surface temperatures of large inland water bodies worldwide have been rapidly warmin...
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Open AccessHow is water-use efficiency of terrestrial ecosystems distributed and changing on Earth?
A better understanding of ecosystem water-use efficiency (WUE) will help us improve ecosystem management for mitigation as well as adaption to global hydrological change. Here, long-term flux tower observation...
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Characterization of water constituents spectra absorption in Chagan Lake of Jilin Province, Northeast China
Research on the optical characteristics of water color constituents in Chagan Lake of Jilin Province, Northeast China was carried out in order to investigate the variability of the spectra absorption parameter...
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Optimization of phosphorus removal in uniFed SBR system for domestic wastewater treatment
The characteristic of phosphorus removal and appropriate change of the traditional operation modes were investigated in UniFed sequencing batch reactor (SBR) laboratory-scale apparatus (40 L), treating actual ...
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Evaluating deterioration of concrete by sulfate attack
Effects of factors such as water to cement ratio, fly ash and silica fume on the resistance of concrete to sulfate attack were investigated by dry-wet cycles and immersion method. The index of the resistance t...
