Research Highlights

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Publication Datesort ascending Title Contact Institution
09/2019 The Enhancement of the Terrestrial Carbon Sink by CO2 Fertilization Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
08/2019 Amazon Forest Response to CO2 Fertilization Dependent on Plant Phosphorus Acquisition Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
08/2019 Expansion of High-Latitude Deciduous Plants Driven by Interactions Between Climate Warming and Fire Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
08/2019 Improving Representation of Deforestation Effects on Evapotranspiration in the E3SM Land Model Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
08/2019 The CO2 Fertilization Effect on Global Plant Biomass Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
07/2019 Representing Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Carbon Interactions in the E3SM Land Model: Development and Global Benchmarking Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
04/2019 Comparison with Global Soil Radiocarbon Observations Indicates Needed Carbon Cycle Improvements in the E3SM Land Model Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
04/2019 A First-Principle Based Theory Predicts Observed Moisture Sensitivity of Soil Heterotrophic Respiration Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
04/2019 Model Verification for Multi-Physics Problems: Analysis in ELMv1 of Soil and Plant Hydraulics and Thermal Advection and Diffusion Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
02/2019 Using Information Theory to Evaluate Directional Precipitation Interactions Over The West Sahel Region In Observations and Models Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
02/2019 Thinning Can Reduce Losses in Carbon Use Efficiency and Carbon Stocks in Managed Forests Under Warmer Climate Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
10/2018 Weaker Land–Climate Feedbacks From Nutrient Uptake During Photosynthesis-Inactive Periods Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
09/2018 Synthetic Ozone Deposition and Stomatal Uptake at Flux Tower Sites Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
08/2018 Greening of the Land Surface in the World’s Cold Regions Consistent with Recent Warming Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
04/2018 Strong Dependence of Simulated Carbon-Nitrogen Dynamics on Numerical Coupling Between Nitrogen Uptake and Mineralization Processes Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
01/2018 Impacts of Microtopographic Snow Redistribution and Lateral Subsurface Processes on Hydrologic and Thermal States in an Arctic Polygonal Ground Ecosystem: A Case Study Using ELM-3D v1.0 Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
12/2017 Observed and CMIP5-Simulated Sensitivities of Spring Greenup to Preseason Climate Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
11/2017 Methanogenesis in Oxygenated Soils is Important for Wetland Methane Emissions: Implications for Earth System Models Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
03/2016 Representing Leaf and Root Physiological Traits in CLM Improves Global Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling Predictions Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
02/2016 A Generic Law-of-the-Minimum Flux Limiter for Simulating Substrate Limitation in Biogeochemical Models Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
01/2016 Multiple Soil Nutrient Competition between Plants, Microbes, and Mineral Surfaces Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
The Global Methane Budget 2000 - 2012 Riley, William J. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)