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ArticleNature communications2025

Impacts of leaf traits on vegetation optical properties in Earth system modeling.

Yujie Wang, Renato K Braghiere, Woodward W Fischer, Yitong Yao, Zhaoyi Shen, Tapio Schneider, A Anthony Bloom, David Schimel, Holly Croft, Alexander J Winkler and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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12 authors.

Yujie Wang *School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China. wyujie@ustc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3729-2743
Renato K Braghiere *Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7722-717X
Woodward W FischerDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125, CA, USA.
Yitong YaoDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125, CA, USA.
Zhaoyi ShenDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0444-4720
Tapio SchneiderDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5687-2287
A Anthony BloomJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91109, CA, USA.
David SchimelJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91109, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3473-8065
Holly CroftSchool of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
Alexander J WinklerMax-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, 07745, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6574-4471
Markus ReichsteinMax-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, 07745, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5736-1112
Christian FrankenbergDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0546-5857

Funding

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC21K1075National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC24K0761University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) KY2080000142
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantifying surface energy and carbon budgets is essential for projecting Earth's climate. Earth System Models (ESMs) typically simulate land surface processes based on plant functional types (PFTs), neglecting the diversity of plant functional traits or characteristics (PFCs; e.g., chlorophyll content and leaf mass per area). Here, we demonstrate substantial differences in modeled leaf optical properties (LOP) and surface albedo between traditional PFT-based and PFC-based approaches, particularly in tropical and boreal forests. We configure the canopy radiative transfer scheme in the Community Earth System Model using PFC-based LOP. This new configuration produces lower shortwave surface albedo in the tropics but higher albedo in boreal regions (>5 W m

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