Articles | Volume 18, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-6917-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-6917-2025
Research article
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24 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 24 Nov 2025

Quantifying landcover-specific fluxes over a heterogeneous landscape through coupling UAV-measured mixing ratios with a large-eddy simulation model and Eddy-covariance measurements

Theresia Yazbeck, Mark Schlutow, Abdullah Bolek, Nathalie Ylenia Triches, Elias Wahl, Martin Heimann, and Mathias Göckede

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Natural ecosystems are composed of heterogeneous landscapes challenging CO₂ fluxes quantification per landcover type. Here, we combine UAV (Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle) measurements of CO2 gas concentrations with a Large-Eddy simulation model in a sub-mesoscale inversion to separate fluxes by landcover type, demonstrating a promising approach to capture and upscale flux heterogeneity within eddy-covariance footprints.
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