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Natascha Kljun

Natascha Kljun

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
8842
World Ranking
6996
National Ranking
130

Overview

Natascha Kljun is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and specializes in Environmental Science, focusing particularly on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Soil Science. Their research encompasses a range of topics including fire effects on ecosystems, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, climate variability and models, and climate change and permafrost.

Their recent publications document contributions to understanding ecological and atmospheric processes. Some notable works include:

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission (2022, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • Integrating continuous atmospheric boundary layer and tower-based flux measurements to advance understanding of land-atmosphere interactions (2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
  • Boreal forest soil carbon fluxes one year after a wildfire: Effects of burn severity and management (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • The Net Landscape Carbon Balance-Integrating terrestrial and aquatic carbon fluxes in a managed boreal forest landscape in Sweden (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Forest floor fluxes drive differences in the carbon balance of contrasting boreal forest stands (2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)

Kljun's work has appeared frequently in specific publication venues, most prominently in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, where they have contributed 10 works. Other venues include Global Change Biology (3 publications), Biogeosciences (3 publications), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2 publications), and Zenodo from CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research (2 publications).

Their collaboration network involves several frequent co-authors, including Julia Kelly and Anders Lindroth (11 joint publications each), Mats B. Nilsson (7 joint publications), Cristina Santín (6 joint publications), and Stefan H. Doerr (6 joint publications).

Best Publications

  • A Simple Parameterisation for Flux Footprint Predictions

    Natascha Kljun;P. Calanca;M.W. Rotach;H.P Schmid

  • A simple two-dimensional parameterisation for Flux Footprint Prediction (FFP)

    Natascha Kljun;P. Calanca;M.W. Rotach;Hans Peter Schmid

  • Inter-annual variability in the leaf area index of a boreal aspen-hazelnut forest in relation to net ecosystem production

    A.G. Barr;T.A. Black;E.H. Hogg;Natascha Kljun

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission

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  • Carbon, energy and water fluxes at mature and disturbed forest sites, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Amiro Bd;Barr Ag;Black Ta;Iwashita H

  • A THREE-DIMENSIONAL BACKWARD LAGRANGIAN FOOTPRINT MODEL FOR A WIDE RANGE OF BOUNDARY-LAYER STRATIFICATIONS

    Natascha Kljun;M.W. Rotach;H.P Schmid

  • Comparison of ecosystem water‐use efficiency among Douglas‐fir forest, aspen forest and grassland using eddy covariance and carbon isotope techniques

    Stéphane Ponton;Lawrence B. Flanagan;Karrin P. Alstad;Bruce G. Johnson

  • Climatic controls on the carbon and water balances of a boreal aspen forest, 1994-2003

    A.G. Barr;T.A. Black;E.H. Hogg;T.J. Griffis

  • Flux and Concentration Footprint Modelling: State of the Art

    Timo Vesala;Natascha Kljun;Üllar Rannik;Janne Rinne

  • Response of Net Ecosystem Productivity of Three Boreal Forest Stands to Drought

    N. Kljun;T. A. Black;Timothy J Griffis;A. G. Barr

  • Seasonal variation and partitioning of ecosystem respiration in a southern boreal aspen forest

    T.J. Griffis;T.A. Black;D. Gaumont-Guay;G.B. Drewitt

  • Challenges and Best Practices for Deriving Temperature Data from an Uncalibrated UAV Thermal Infrared Camera

    Julia Kelly;Natascha Kljun;Per Ola Olsson;Laura Mihai

  • Response of Net Ecosystem Productivity of Three Boreal Forest Stands to Drought

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  • Remote sensing of photosynthetic light-use efficiency across two forested biomes: Spatial scaling

    Thomas Hilker;Forrest G. Hall;Forrest G. Hall;Nicholas C. Coops;Alexei Lyapustin;Alexei Lyapustin

  • ICOS eddy covariance flux-station site setup: a review

    Corinna Rebmann;Marc Aubinet;Hape Schmid;Nicola Arriga

  • Vegetation height and cover fraction between 60° S and 60° N from ICESat GLAS data

    S. O. Los;J. A. B. Rosette;J. A. B. Rosette;N. Kljun;P. R. J. North

  • Spatial representativeness of tall tower eddy covariance measurements using remote sensing and footprint analysis.

    Z. Barcza;A. Kern;A. Kern;L. Haszpra;Natascha Kljun

  • Integrating terrestrial and airborne lidar to calibrate a 3D canopy model of effective leaf area index

    Chris Hopkinson;Chris Hopkinson;Jenny Lovell;Laura Chasmer;David Jupp

  • Regional atmospheric cooling and wetting effect of permafrost thaw-induced boreal forest loss.

    Manuel Helbig;Karoline Wischnewski;Natascha Kljun;Laura E. Chasmer

  • Integrating continuous atmospheric boundary layer and tower-based flux measurements to advance understanding of land-atmosphere interactions

    Manuel Helbig;Tobias Gerken;Eric R. Beamesderfer;Dennis D. Baldocchi

  • Towards long-term standardised carbon and greenhouse gas observations for monitoring Europe's terrestrial ecosystems: a review

    Daniela Franz;Manuel Acosta;Núria Altimir;Nicola Arriga

  • Comparison of the Langrangian footprint model LPDM-B with an analytical footprint model

    Natascha Kljun;R. Kormann;M.W. Rotach;F.X. Meixer

  • The positive net radiative greenhouse gas forcing of increasing methane emissions from a thawing boreal forest-wetland landscape

    Manuel Helbig;Laura E. Chasmer;NatasCha Kljun;William L. Quinton

  • The importance of interacting climate modes on Australia’s contribution to global carbon cycle extremes

    James Cleverly;Derek Eamus;Qunying Luo;Natalia Restrepo Coupe

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Chasmer
Laura Chasmer University of Lethbridge
Chris Hopkinson
Chris Hopkinson University of Lethbridge
Alan G. Barr
Alan G. Barr University of Saskatchewan
Anders Lindroth
Anders Lindroth Lund University
Leif Klemedtsson
Leif Klemedtsson University of Gothenburg
T. A. Black
T. A. Black University of British Columbia
Zoran Nesic
Zoran Nesic University of British Columbia
Mathias W. Rotach
Mathias W. Rotach University of Innsbruck
Eva van Gorsel
Eva van Gorsel Australian National University
Mats Nilsson
Mats Nilsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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