Reducing vegetation carbon sink uncertainty with optical measurements

Jaakko Oivukkamäki
Finnish Meteorological Institute

My research looks deeper into how optical measurements based on vegetation reflectance and chlorophyll fluorescence can reduce uncertainty in boreal vegetation carbon sequestration measurements.

Reliable carbon sink estimates are critical for climate mitigation, national reporting and land use decisions in high latitude regions sensitive to global warming. My work integrates leaf-level spectroscopy to tower-based optical and gas exchange measurements, linking them to micrometeorological data. Together, the collected data support model–data integration and calibration of satellite products.

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