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Climate
Chemistry
Temperature, Precipitation,
Radiation, Humidity, Wind
Greenhouse gases,
Ozone, Aerosols
Heat
Moisture
Momentum
CO2, CH4
N2O, VOCs
Dust, Biomass burning
Surface Fluxes
Element
cycles
Microclimate
Biogeochemistry
Soil
processes
Stomata
Canopy
physiology
Aerodynamics
Water
Minutes-to-hours
Energy
Biogeophysics
Soil water, Snow pack
Leaf area, Leaf nutrition, Soil carbon
Life form
Ecosystems
Watersheds
Days-to-months
• Evapotranspiration
• Interception
• Infiltration
• Runoff
• Snowmelt
Water
Plants
Physiology
Phenology Element cycles
• Nutrient uptake • Bud break • Litterfall
• Leaf drop • Decomposition
• Allocation
• Mineralization
• Soil chemistry
Community composition
Ecosystem structure
Nutrient availability
Vegetation Dynamics
Years-to-centuries
Plant
Ecosystem
demography processes
Open
site
Old-growth
forest
Disturbance
Fires
Hurricanes
Floods
Land use
Invasive species
Figure 1.2
Ecological Climatology © 2008 G. Bonan
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