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Integrated Land Ecosystem
Atmosphere Process Study
Outgoing Co-Chair: Alex Guenther, UC Irvine
Co-Chair: Hans C Hansson, Stockholm Univ.
Incoming co-chair: Eleanor Blyth, CEH
iLEAPS
Focus on core science of land ecosystem – atmosphere
interactions
Atmosphere
Ensure the social
science aspects in
initiatives and projects
Biosphere
Anthroposphere
iLEAPS Science
H2O, CO2, CH4
N2O, VOCs, pollen,
NOx
O3, N2,
Aerosols
Undisturbed forest
Managed forest
Tropical, Boreal
Temperate
Husbandry
Tree species
Interaction
Crops
Farming practice
Crop type
Vulnerable, marginal or
extreme environments
Cold, dry
wetlands, mountains
Issues: Human Health, Biodiversity, Climate mitigation, Food and fuel security
1. How changing land-use and farming and forestry practice (irrigation, tillage,
fire, draining, fertilisers, grazing, forest husbandry, pest and weed control,
choice of crops or trees) affects the atmospheric chemistry, air quality and
climate (N2O, CO2, H2O, CH4, VOCs, pollen etc)
2. How anthropogenic changes in atmospheric chemistry (CO2, O3) affects plant
productivity (ozone damage, CO2 fertilisation)
3. How vulnerable and marginal ecosystems (very cold, very dry) will be
affected by changes in climate (T, H2O, CO2)
4. How ecosystems (including fire, wetlands and vegetation) emit short lived
carbon: e.g. isoprenes and methane as well as carbon dioxide and its impact
on the atmospheric chemistry
iLEAPS organization
• IPO at Nanjing University, China
– since March 2015
– Nurmira Zhamangulova (Exec. Officer), Aijun Ding (PI)
• Regional offices/nodes
– Regional Future Earth offices
– Node for the MENA countries at the Cyprus Institute
– Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMKIFU), Garmisch-Partenkirchen?
– Other possibilities?
• National offices: Japan, Korea, China
Regional responses to human
intervention
Regions where emissions of reactive compounds, fire, irrigation, or land-cover
change distort the predictions of global models. Adapted from Pitman et al. 2011b.
iLEAPS organization
Future Earth
ILEAPS
Governing Council
Initiatives
Endorsed
projects
Scientific Steering
Committees
Scientific / Engagement
Committees
International PO
Stakeholders
Regional nodes / IPO
National Funding
Agencies
Regional PO
National committees
iLEAPS organization
• Future Earth
– engagement and application
– branding and products
• Close cooperation with relevant projects
- Former IGBP: IGAC, SOLAS, GEIA
- WCRP: GEWEX and GLP
iLEAPS organization
GEWEX
A: climate
predictability
AIMES
B: Biogeochemistry of
Earth system and interaction
with humans
Global Land Project
Land surface
models,
observations
Reanalysis of
state of land
Global Carbon Project
C: Annual carbon budget
B: Derive global land cover
Interaction of land with
Socioeconomic systems
iLEAPS
C: Interaction of land with
atmospheric chemistry
Role of humans
Air Pollution
IGAC
A: Atmospheric
Chemistry
Land cover
and land
use change
Climate Change and Food
Security
D: Food security
Global Environmental
Change
And Human Health
D: Human Health
Project Example: CANEXMIP
Canopy EXchange Model Intercomparison Project
Canopy models: exchange of reactive compounds
Lead: Laurens Ganzeveld
chemistry
turbulence Canopy-top flux
emissions
dry deposition
emissions
Project example: Interactions among Managed
Ecosystems, Climate, and Societies (IMECS)
iLEAPS-ESA project: Multivariate analysis of Earth
Observations to produce a Biosphere-Atmosphere Index
including Fire, Soil water stress, Evapotranspiration,
Photosynthesis, Crop productivity, Land use change
Earth Observation Product
Multi-variate Analysis
Product Example:
LULC /Air quality interaction research
Lead: HC Hansson
Air Quality
Climate
Natural ecosystems
Food / Forestry productivity
Land use / change
Products:
Land use/change index (in effect on CO2, O3, BVOC)
Air Quality effect on Ecosystem index ( in effect on productivity CO2, H2O flux)
That is iLEAPS!
References:
• iLEAPS Action Plan (2014-2017)
• iLEAPS transition plan (2015)
• Suni et al. “The significance of land-atmosphere
interactions in the Earth system – an iLEAPS
perspective” submitted to special issue of Anthropocene
LAND-ATMOSPHERE FEEDBACKS
• Increased C release from soil
• Permafrost mel ng
• Deser fica on
• Species & tree line migra on
• Other feedbacks in the climate
system
RADIATIVE FORCING
• Direct anthropogenic
• Indirect anthropogenic
• Natural
Biodiversity loss
Air quality
Urbaniza on
Fresh water
Food supplies
Energy
Changes in emissions
and land use
Climate Change
Deforesta on
Permafrost mel ng
GLOBAL CHANGE
• Climate warming
• Extreme events
• Sea-level rise
• Global environmental
change
Chemicalisa on
SOCIETY AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES
• Food and water availability
• Economic development /
Deteriora on
• Migra on pa erns
• Energy produc on
• New land management prac ces
ecosystem services
Popula on Increase
Global warming
Impacts on