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ArticleNature communications2025

Improved modelling of biogenic emissions in human-disturbed forest edges and urban areas.

Yanli Zhang, Haofan Ran, Alex Guenther, Qiang Zhang, Christian George, Wahid Mellouki, Guoying Sheng, Ping'an Peng, Xinming Wang

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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. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors.

Yanli ZhangState Key Laboratory of Advanced Environmental Technology, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0614-2096
Haofan RanState Key Laboratory of Advanced Environmental Technology, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Alex GuentherDepartment of Earth Science System, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA. alex.guenther@uci.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6283-8288
Qiang ZhangDepartment of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. qiangzhang@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8376-131X
Christian GeorgeUniv Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Villeurbanne, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1578-7056
Wahid MelloukiInstitut de Combustion, Aérothermique, Réactivité Environnement (ICARE), CNRS, Orléans, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6594-5262
Guoying ShengState Key Laboratory of Advanced Environmental Technology, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Ping'an PengState Key Laboratory of Advanced Environmental Technology, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8031-8451
Xinming WangState Key Laboratory of Advanced Environmental Technology, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China. wangxm@gig.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1982-0928

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42321003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) are critical to biosphere-atmosphere interactions, profoundly influencing atmospheric chemistry, air quality and climate, yet accurately estimating their emissions across diverse ecosystems remains challenging. Here we introduce GEE-MEGAN, a cloud-native extension of the widely used MEGAN2.1 model, integrating dynamic satellite-derived land cover and vegetation within Google Earth Engine to produce near-real-time BVOC emissions at 10-30 m resolution, enabling fine-scale tracking of emissions in rapidly changing environments. GEE-MEGAN reduces BVOC emission estimates by 31% and decreases root mean square errors by up to 48.6% relative to MEGAN2.1 in human-disturbed forest edges, and reveals summertime BVOC emissions up to 25‑fold higher than previous estimates in urban areas such as London, Los Angeles, Paris, and Beijing. By capturing fine-scale landscape heterogeneity and human-driven dynamics, GEE-MEGAN significantly improves BVOC emission estimates, providing crucial insights to the complex interactions among BVOCs, climate, and air quality across both natural and human-modified environments.

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Air PollutantsEnvironmental MonitoringForestsModels, TheoreticalVolatile Organic CompoundsAir PollutionCitiesClimateEcosystemHumansAir PollutantsVolatile Organic Compounds

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PMCPMC12394567

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