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  • Helbig, M., Wischnewski, K., Kljun, N., Chasmer, L., Quinton, W. L., Detto, M., Sonnentag, O. (2016), Regional atmospheric cooling and wetting effect of permafrost thaw-induced boreal forest loss. global-change-biology, 22, 12.
  • Helbig, M., Wischnewski, K., Gosselin, G. H., Biraud, S. C, Bogoev, I., Chan, W. S., Euskirchen, E. S., Glenn, A. J., Sonnentag, O. (2016), Addressing a systematic bias in carbon dioxide flux measurements with the EC150 and the IRGASON open-path gas analyzers. agricultural-and-forest-meteorology, DOI:10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.07.018.
  • Helbig, M., Pappas, C., Sonnentag, O. (2016), Permafrost thaw and wildfire: equally important drivers of boreal tree cover changes across the Taiga Plains, Canada. geophysical-research-letters, DOI: 10.1002/2015GL067193.
  • Connon, R., Quinton, W., Craig, J., Hanisch, J., Sonnentag, O. (2015), The hydrology of interconnected bog complexes in discontinuous permafrost regions.. , DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10604.
  • Garon-Labreque, M.-É., Léveillé-Bourret, É., Higgins, K., Sonnentag,O. (2015), Additions to the Boreal flora of the Northwest Territories with a preliminary vascular flora of Scotty Creek. , DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v129i4.1757.
  • Pelletier, L., Strachan, I. B., Roulet, N. T., Garneau, M., Wischnewski, K. (2015), Effect of open water pools on ecosystem scale surface-atmosphere carbon dioxide exchange in a boreal peatland. biogeochemistry, 124, 291–304 (2015).
  • Moore, C., Brown, T., Keenan, T. et al. incl. Sonnentag, O. (2015), Combining remote sensing and time-lapse phenocams to study vegetation phenology in Australian ecosystems. , Under Review.
  • Raabe, K., Pisek, J., Sonnentag, O., Annuk, K. (2015), Variations in leaf inclination angle distribution with height over the growing season and exposition for eight broadleaf tree species. , Under Review.
  • Brown, T.B., Hultine, K., Steltzer, H. incl. Sonnentag, O. et al. (2015), Using phenocams to monitor our changing Earth: towards a global phenocam network. , Under Review.
  • Detto, M., Asner, G.P., Mueller-Landau, H.C., Sonnentag, O. (2015), Spatial variability in tropical forest leaf area density from multireturn LiDAR and modeling. , Under Review.
  • Toomey, M., Friedl, M.A., Frolking, S., Hufkens, K., Klosterman, S., Sonnentag, O., et al. (2015), Greenness indices from digital cameras predict the timing and seasonal dynamics of canopy-scale photosynthesis. ecological-applications, In Press.
  • Langer, M., Westermann, S., Walter Anthony, K. M., Wischnewski, K. and Boike, J. (2015), Frozen ponds: production and storage of methane during the Arctic winter in a lowland tundra landscape in northern Siberia, Lena River Delta. biogeosciences, 11, 11061-11094.
  • Vonk, J. E., Tank, S.E., Bowden, W. B. et al. incl. Helbig, M. (2015), Reviews and Syntheses: Effects of permafrost thaw on arctic aquatic ecosystems. biogeosciences, 12, 7129-7167.
  • Peichl, M., Sonnentag, O., Nilsson, M.B. (2014), Bringing color into the picture – using digital repeat photography to investigate phenology controls of the carbon dioxide exchange in a boreal mire. ecosystems, .
  • Macfarlane, C., Ryu, Y., Odgen, G.N., Sonnentag, O. (2014), Digital camera photography: exposed and in the raw. , 197, 244-253.
  • Talbot, J., Roulet, N.T., Sonnentag, O., Moore, T.R. (2014), Increases in aboveground biomass and leaf area 85 years after drainage in a bog. botany, .
  • Keenan, T.F., Darby, B., Felts, E., Sonnentag, O., Friedl, M.A,, Hufkens, K., O’Keefe, J., Klosterman, S., Munger, J.W., Toomey, M., Richardson, A.D (2014), Tracking forest phenology and seasonal physiology using digital repeat photography. ecological-applications, 24, 1478-1489.
  • Klosterman, S.T., Hufkens, K., Gray, J., Melaas, E., Sonnentag, O., Lavine, I., Mitchell, L., Norman, R., Friedl, M.A., Richardson, A.D. (2014), Evaluating remote sensing of deciduous forest phenology at multiple spatial scales using PhenoCam imagery. biogeosciences, 11, 4305-4320.
  • Yi, S., Wischnewski, K., Langer, M., Muster, S. and Boike, J. (2014), Freeze/thaw processes in complex permafrost landscapes of northern Siberia simulated using the TEM ecosystem model: impact of thermokarst ponds and lakes. geoscientific-model-development, 7,1671-1689.
  • de Freitas, C. R., Helbig, M., Matzarakis, A. (2013), Hydroclimatic assessment of water resources of low Pacific islands: evaluating sensitivity to climatic change and variability. international-journal-of-climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.3731.
  • Kross, A., Seaquist, J.W., Roulet, N.T., Fernandes, R., Sonnentag, O. (2013), Estimating carbon dioxide exchange rates of contrasting northern peatlands using MODIS satellite data. remote-sensing-of-environment, 137, 234-243.
  • Royer, M.-J.S., Herrmann, T.M., Sonnentag, O., Delusca, K., Fortier, D. (2013), Linking Cree hunters’ and scientific observations of changing inland ice and meteorological conditions in the subarctic Eastern James Bay region, Canada. climatic-change, 199, 719-732.
  • Peichl, M., Sonnentag, O., Wohlfahrt, G., Baldocchi, D.D., Flanagan, L.B., Kiely, G., Galvagno, M., Gianelle, D., Marcolla, B., Pio, C., Migliavacca, M., Jones, M.B., Saunders, M. (2013), Convergence of potential net ecosystem production across contrasting C3 grasslands. ecology-letters, 16, 502-512.
  • Vargas, R., Sonnentag, O., Abramowitz, G., Carrara, A., Correia, A., Kobayashi, D., Papale, D., Pearson, J., Pereira, S., Piao, S., Rambal, S., Baldocchi, D.D. (2013), Drought influences the accuracy of simulated ecosystem fluxes: a model-data meta-analysis for Mediterranean oak woodlands. ecosystems, 16: 749-764.
  • Pisek, J., Sonnentag, O., Richardson, A.D., Mottus, M. (2013), Is the spherical leaf inclination angle distribution a valid assumption for temperate and boreal tree species?. agricultural-and-forest-meteorology, 169, 186-194.
  • Richardson, A.D., Keenan, T., Migliavacca, M., Ryu, Y., Sonnentag, O., Toomey, M. (2013), Climate change, phenology, and phenological control of vegetation feedbacks to the climate system. agricultural-and-forest-meteorology, 169, 156-173. Invited Review.
  • Boike, J., Kattenstroth, B., Abramova, K., Bornemann, N., Chetverova, A., Fedorova, I., Fröb, K., Grigoriev, M., Grüber, M., Kutzbach, L., Langer, M., Minke, M., Muster, S., Piel, K., Pfeiffer, E. M., Stoof, G., Westermann, S., Wischnewski, K., Wille, C. and Hubberten, H. W. (2013), Baseline characteristics of climate, permafrost and land cover from a new permafrost observatory in the Lena River Delta, Siberia (1998-2011). biogeosciences, 10, 2105-2128.
  • Helbig, M., Boike, J., Langer, M., Schreiber, P., Runkle, B., Kutzbach, L. (2013), Spatial and seasonal variability of polygonal tundra water balance, Lena River Delta, northern Siberia. hydrogeology-journal, 21, 133-147.
  • Ryu, Y., Verfaillie, J., MacFarlane, C., Kobayashi, H., Sonnentag, O., Vargas, R., Ma, S., Baldocchi, D.D (2012), A new approach for continuous observation of leaf area index at ecosystem scale using upward-pointing digital cameras. , 126, 116-125.
  • Hufkens, K., Richardson, A.D., Friedl, M.A., Keenan, T.F., Sonnentag, O., Bailey, A., O’Keefe, J. (2012), Ecological impacts of a widespread frost event following early spring leaf-out. , 18, 2365-2377.
  • Sonnentag, O., Hufkens, K., Teshera-Sterne, C., Young, A.M., Friedl, M.A., Braswell, B.H., Miliman, T., O’Keefe, J., Richardson, A.D. (2012), Digital repeat photography for phenological research in forest ecosystems. agricultural-and-forest-meteorology, 152, 159-177.
  • Migliavacca, M., Sonnentag, O., Keenan, T.F., Cescatti, A., O’Keefe, O., Richardson, A.D. (2012), On the uncertainty of phenological responses to climate change, and implications for a terrestrial biosphere model. biogeosciences, 9, 2063-2083.
  • Hatala, J.A., Detto, M., Sonnentag, O., Deverel, S.J., Verfaillie, J., Baldocchi, D.D. (2012), Greenhouse gas fluxes from drained and flooded agricultural peatlands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. ecosystems-and-environment, 115, 1-18.
  • Baldocchi, D.D., Detto, M., Sonnentag, O., Verfaillie, J., Teh, Y., Silver, W., Kelly, M. (2012), The challenges of measuring methane fluxes and concentrations over a peatland pasture. agricultural-and-forest-meteorology, 153, 177-187.
  • Hufkens, K., Richardson, A.D., Sonnentag, O., Braswell, B.H., Miliman, T., Friedl, M.A. (2012), Linking near-surface and satellite remote sensing measurements of deciduous broadleaf phenology. remote-sensing-of-environment, 117, 30-321.
  • Migliavacca, M., Galvagno, M., Cremonese, E., Rossini, M., Meroni, M., Sonnentag, O., et al. (2011), Using digital repeat photography and eddy covariance data to model grassland phenology and photosynthetic CO2 uptake. agricultural-and-forest-meteorology, 151, 1325-1337.
  • Helbig, M., de Freitas, C.R., Matzarakis, A. (2011), Derivation of a climatic dataset for water balance modelling of Pacific atolls. meteorologische-zeitschrift, 20, 565-570.
  • Sonnentag, O., Detto, M., Ryu, Y., Vargas, R., Runkle, B., Kelly, M., Baldocchi, D.D. (2011), Tracking the structural and functional development of a perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium L.) infestation using a multi-year archive of webcam imagery and eddy covariance measurements. agricultural-and-forest-meteorology, 151, 916-926.
  • Teh, Y., Silver, W., Sonnentag, O., Detto, M., Kelly, M.,Baldocchi, D.D. (2011), Large greenhouse gas emissions from a temperate peatland pasture. ecosystems, 14, 311-325.
  • Govind, A., Chen, J.M., McDonnell, J., Kumari, J., Sonnentag, O. (2011), Effects of lateral hydrological processes on photosynthesis and evapotranspiration in a boreal ecosystem. ecohydrology, 4, 394-410..
  • Sonnentag, O., Detto, M., Runkle, B., Teh, YA., Silver, W., Kelly, M., Baldocchi, D.D. (2011), Carbon dioxide exchange of a pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium L.) infestation: how do flowering and mowing aect canopy photosynthesis and autotrophic respiration?. journal-of-geophysical-research-biogeosciences, 113, G02005.
  • Ryu, Y., Baldocchi, D.D., Verfaillie, J., Ma, S., Falk, M., Ruiz-Mercado, I., Hehn, T., Sonnentag, O. (2010), Testing the performance of a novel spectral reflectance sensor, built with light emitting diodes (LEDs), to monitor ecosystem metabolism, structure and function. agricultural-and-forest-meteorology, 150, 1597-1606.
  • Sulman, B.N., Desai, A., Saliendra, N., Lafleur, P. Flanagan, L.B., Sonnentag, O., Mackay, D.S., Barr, A.G., van der Kamp, G. (2010), CO2fluxes at northern fens and bogs have opposite responses to inter-annual fluctuations in water table. , 37, L19702.
  • Sonnentag, O., van der Kamp, G., Barr, A.G., Chen, J.M. (2010), On the relationship between water table depth and water vapor and carbon dioxide fluxes in a minerotrophic fen. global-change-biology, 16, 1762-1776.
  • Ryu, Y., Nilson, T., Kobayashi, H., Sonnentag, O., Law, B., Baldocchi, D.D. (2010), On the correct estimation of effective leaf area index: does it reveal information on clumping effects?. agricultural-and-forest-meteorology, 150, 463-472.
  • Pisek, J., Chen, J.M., Lacaze, R., Sonnentag, O., Alikas, K. (2010), Refining global mapping of clumping index with multi-angular POLDER 3 measurements: topographic correction and evaluation. isprs-journal-of-photogrammetry-and-remote-sensing, 65, 341-345.
  • Ryu, Y., Sonnentag, O., Nilson, T., Vargas, R., Kobayashi, H., Baldocchi, D.D. (2010), How to quantify tree leaf area index in savannas? A multi-instrument and multi-model approach. agricultural-and-forest-meteorology, 150, 63-76.
  • El Maayar, M., Sonnentag, O. (2009), Crop model validation and sensitivity to climate change scenarios. climate-research, 39, 47-59.
  • Govind, A., Chen, J.M., Margolis, H., Ju, W., Sonnentag, O., Giasson, M.-A. (2009), A spatially explicit hydroecological-modeling framework (BEPS-TerrainLab v2.0): Model description and test in a boreal ecosystem in Eastern North America. journal-of-hydrology, 367, 200-216.
  • Sonnentag, O., Chen, J.M., Roulet, N.T., Ju, W., Govind, A. (2008), Spatially explicit simulation of peatland hydrology and carbon dioxide exchange: Influence of mesoscale topography. , 113, G02005.
  • Sonnentag, O., Talbot, J., Chen, J.M., Roulet, T.N. (2007), Using direct and indirect measurements of leaf area index to characterize the shrub canopy of an ombrotrophic peatland. agricultural-and-forest-meteorology, 144, 200-212.
  • Sonnentag, O., Chen, J.M., Roberts, D.A., Talbot, J., Govind, A., Halligan, K. (2007), Mapping tree and shrub leaf area indices in an ombrotrophic peatland using eld measurements and multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis. remote-sensing-of-environment, 109, 342-360.
  • Chen, J.M., Govind, A., Sonnentag, O., Zhang, Y., Barr, A.G., Amiro, B. (2006), Leaf area index measurements at Fluxnet-Canada forest sites. agricultural-and-forest-meteorology, 140, 257-268.

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