Regional comparison of tundra carbon budget response over the Alaska North Slope to varying environmental conditions as informed by in situ and flux tower measurements, remote sensing and biophysical modeling

Stephen Shirley1, Jennifer D Watts2, John S Kimball3, Zhen Zhang4, Benjamin Poulter5,6, Anna E Klene7, Lucas A Jones2, Youngwook Kim8, Walter C Oechel9,10, Donatella Zona11,12 and Eugenie Susanne Euskirchen13, (1)University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States, (2)University of Montana, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation, Missoula, MT, United States, (3)University of Montana, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, Missoula, United States, (4)National Tibetan Plateau Data Center (TPDC), State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Beijing, China, (5)Spark Climate Solutions, Greenbelt, United States, (6)Spark Climate Solutions, Washington, D.C., United States, (7)University of Montana, Geography, Missoula, MT, United States, (8)The University of Montana, NTSG, Polson, MT, United States, (9)San Diego State University, Department of Biology, San Diego, CA, United States, (10)University of Exeter, Department of Geography, Exeter, United Kingdom, (11)San Diego State University, Department of Biology, San Diego, United States, (12)University of Sheffield, Department of Animal and Plant Science, Sheffield, United Kingdom, (13)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, United States