10.6084/m9.figshare.1011830.v1 Andrew G Bunn Andrew G Bunn Malcolm K Hughes Malcolm K Hughes Alexander V Kirdyanov Alexander V Kirdyanov Mark Losleben Mark Losleben Vladimir V Shishov Vladimir V Shishov Logan T Berner Logan T Berner Alexander Oltchev Alexander Oltchev Eugene A Vaganov Eugene A Vaganov Correlations were calculated between NDVI and tree growth (<em>r</em><sub>tree|NDVI</sub>) fortnightly over the spring and summer for the four-pixel neighborhood around each site IOP Publishing 2013 drive production efficiency models 21 TRW chronologies tree growth multidecadal time periods use reflectance data ndvi differenced vegetation index mxd Environmental Science 2013-08-29 00:00:00 Figure https://iop.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Correlations_were_calculated_between_NDVI_and_tree_growth_em_r_em_sub_tree_NDVI_sub_fortnightly_ove/1011830 <p><strong>Figure 2.</strong> Correlations were calculated between NDVI and tree growth (<em>r</em><sub>tree|NDVI</sub>) fortnightly over the spring and summer for the four-pixel neighborhood around each site. Some sites showed significant correlations at 95% confidence (dashed horizontal lines) in summer months (especially July) although there was no clear systematic difference between ring widths (TRW) and density (MXD).</p> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>Different methods have been developed for measuring carbon stocks and fluxes in the northern high latitudes, ranging from intensively measured small plots to space-based methods that use reflectance data to drive production efficiency models. The field of dendroecology has used samples of tree growth from radial increments to quantify long-term variability in ecosystem productivity, but these have very limited spatial domains. Since the cambium material in tree cores is itself a product of photosynthesis in the canopy, it would be ideal to link these two approaches. We examine the associations between the normalized differenced vegetation index (NDVI) and tree growth using 19 pairs of tree-ring widths (TRW) and maximum latewood density (MXD) across much of Siberia. We find consistent correlations between NDVI and both measures of tree growth and no systematic difference between MXD and TRW. At the regional level we note strong correspondence between the first principal component of tree growth and NDVI for MXD and TRW in a temperature-limited bioregion, indicating that canopy reflectance and cambial production are broadly linked. Using a network of 21 TRW chronologies from south of Lake Baikal, we find a similarly strong regional correspondence with NDVI in a markedly drier region. We show that tree growth is dominated by variation at decadal and multidecadal time periods, which the satellite record is incapable of recording given its relatively short record.</p>