Response of a Deciduous Forest to the Mount Pinatubo Eruption: Enhanced Photosynthesis

@article{Gu2003ResponseOA,
  title={Response of a Deciduous Forest to the Mount Pinatubo Eruption: Enhanced Photosynthesis},
  author={Lianhong Gu and Dennis D. Baldocchi and Steven C. Wofsy and J. William Munger and Joseph J. Michalsky and Shawn P. Urbanski and Thomas A. Boden},
  journal={Science},
  year={2003},
  volume={299},
  pages={2035 - 2038}
}
Volcanic aerosols from the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption greatly increased diffuse radiation worldwide for the following 2 years. We estimated that this increase in diffuse radiation alone enhanced noontime photosynthesis of a deciduous forest by 23% in 1992 and 8% in 1993 under cloudless conditions. This finding indicates that the aerosol-induced increase in diffuse radiation by the volcano enhanced the terrestrial carbon sink and contributed to the temporary decline in the growth rate of… 
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