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Christopher R. Schwalm is affiliated with the Woodwell Climate Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics including Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Tree-ring climate responses, Fire effects on ecosystems, Climate change and permafrost, and Cryospheric studies and observations.

Christopher R. Schwalm has published multiple papers across reputable venues. Some recent notable publications include:

  • Scaling carbon fluxes from eddy covariance sites to globe: synthesis and evaluation of the FLUXCOM approach (2020), published in Biogeosciences
  • RCP8.5 tracks cumulative CO 2 emissions (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ghosts of the past: how drought legacy effects shape forest functioning and carbon cycling (2020), published in Ecology Letters
  • How close are we to the temperature tipping point of the terrestrial biosphere? (2021), published in Science Advances
  • The global potential for increased storage of carbon on land (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist collaborates frequently with colleagues in the research community. Their frequent co-authors include Zachary Zobel, D. N. Huntzinger, Joshua B. Fisher, Dominick Dusseau, and William R. L. Anderegg.

Christopher R. Schwalm's work has appeared recurrently in key publication venues such as:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Biogeosciences
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Pervasive drought legacies in forest ecosystems and their implications for carbon cycle models

    W. R.L. Anderegg;C. Schwalm;F. Biondi;J. J. Camarero

  • Global patterns of drought recovery

    Christopher R. Schwalm;Christopher R. Schwalm;William R. L. Anderegg;Anna M. Michalak;Joshua B. Fisher

  • Predicting carbon dioxide and energy fluxes across global FLUXNET sites with regression algorithms

    Gianluca Tramontana;Martin Jung;Christopher R. Schwalm;Kazuhito Ichii

  • RCP8.5 tracks cumulative CO2 emissions.

    Christopher R. Schwalm;Spencer Glendon;Philip B. Duffy

  • Compensatory water effects link yearly global land CO2 sink changes to temperature

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Christopher R. Schwalm;Christopher Huntingford

  • The FLUXCOM ensemble of global land-atmosphere energy fluxes

    Martin Jung;Sujan Koirala;Ulrich Weber;Kazuhito Ichii;Kazuhito Ichii

  • Scaling carbon fluxes from eddy covariance sites to globe: synthesis and evaluation of the FLUXCOM approach

    Martin Jung;Christopher Schwalm;Mirco Migliavacca;Sophia Walther

  • The terrestrial biosphere as a net source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere

    Hanqin Tian;Chaoqun Lu;Chaoqun Lu;Philippe Ciais;Anna M. Michalak

  • A model-data comparison of gross primary productivity: Results from the North American Carbon Program site synthesis

    Kevin Schaefer;Christopher R. Schwalm;Chris Williams;M. Altaf Arain

  • Reduction in carbon uptake during turn of the century drought in western North America

    Christopher R. Schwalm;Christopher A. Williams;Kevin Schaefer;Dennis D. Baldocchi

  • Climate and vegetation controls on the surface water balance: Synthesis of evapotranspiration measured across a global network of flux towers

    Christopher A. Williams;Markus Reichstein;Nina Buchmann;Dennis Baldocchi

  • A framework for benchmarking land models

    Yiqi Luo;J. Randerson;G. Abramowitz;C. Bacour

  • A model‐data intercomparison of CO2 exchange across North America: Results from the North American Carbon Program site synthesis

    Christopher R. Schwalm;Christopher A. Williams;Kevin Schaefer;Ryan S. Anderson

  • Ghosts of the past: how drought legacy effects shape forest functioning and carbon cycling

    Steven A. Kannenberg;Christopher R. Schwalm;William R. L. Anderegg

  • Tree carbon allocation explains forest drought-kill and recovery patterns.

    A. T. Trugman;M. Detto;M. K. Bartlett;D. Medvigy

  • Assimilation exceeds respiration sensitivity to drought: A FLUXNET synthesis

    Christopher R. Schwalm;Christopher A. Williams;Kevin Schaefer;Almut Arneth

  • Global patterns and controls of soil organic carbon dynamics as simulated by multiple terrestrial biosphere models: Current status and future directions.

    Hanqin Tian;Chaoqun Lu;Jia Yang;Kamaljit Banger

  • Impact of large‐scale climate extremes on biospheric carbon fluxes: An intercomparison based on MsTMIP data

    Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Anna M. Michalak;Christopher Schwalm;Miguel D. Mahecha

  • Enhanced peak growth of global vegetation and its key mechanisms.

    Kun Huang;Jianyang Xia;Yingping Wang;Yingping Wang;Anders Ahlström;Anders Ahlström

  • The North American Carbon Program Multi-Scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project – Part 1: Overview and experimental design

    D. N. Huntzinger;C. Schwalm;A. M. Michalak;K. Schaefer

  • The North American Carbon Program Multi-scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project – Part 2: Environmental driver data

    Y. Wei;S. Liu;D. N. Huntzinger;A. M. Michalak

  • Scaling carbon fluxes from eddy covariance sites to globe: Synthesis and evaluation of the FLUXCOM approach. In open review for Biogeosciences. doi 10.5194/bg-2019-368

    Martin Jung;Christopher Schwalm;Mirco Migliavacca;Sophia Walther

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah N. Huntzinger
Deborah N. Huntzinger Northern Arizona University
Anna M. Michalak
Anna M. Michalak Stanford University
Kevin Schaefer
Kevin Schaefer Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Joshua B. Fisher
Joshua B. Fisher Chapman University
Atul K. Jain
Atul K. Jain University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert B. Cook
Robert B. Cook Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Benjamin Poulter
Benjamin Poulter Goddard Space Flight Center
Hanqin Tian
Hanqin Tian Auburn University
Xiaoying Shi
Xiaoying Shi Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Daniel J. Hayes
Daniel J. Hayes University of Maine

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