Nonlinear spectral analysis extracts harmonics from land-atmosphere fluxes

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Auteurs principaux: Schulz, Leonard, Vollmer, Jürgen, Mahecha, Miguel D., Mora, Karin
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author Schulz, Leonard
Vollmer, Jürgen
Mahecha, Miguel D.
Mora, Karin
author_facet Schulz, Leonard
Vollmer, Jürgen
Mahecha, Miguel D.
Mora, Karin
contents Understanding the dynamics of the land-atmosphere exchange of CO$_2$ is key to advance our predictive capacities of the coupled climate-carbon feedback system. In essence, the net vegetation flux is the difference of the uptake of CO$_2$ via photosynthesis and the release of CO$_2$ via respiration, while the system is driven by periodic processes at different time-scales. The complexity of the underlying dynamics poses challenges to classical decomposition methods focused on maximizing data variance, such as singular spectrum analysis. Here, we explore whether nonlinear data-driven methods can better separate periodic patterns and their harmonics from noise and stochastic variability. We find that Nonlinear Laplacian Spectral Analysis (NLSA) outperforms the linear method and detects multiple relevant harmonics. However, these harmonics are not detected in the presence of substantial measurement irregularities. In summary, the NLSA approach can be used to both extract the seasonal cycle more accurately than linear methods, but likewise detect irregular signals resulting from irregular land-atmosphere interactions or measurement failures. Improving the detection capabilities of time-series decomposition is essential for improving land-atmosphere interactions models that should operate accurately on any time scale.
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spellingShingle Nonlinear spectral analysis extracts harmonics from land-atmosphere fluxes
Schulz, Leonard
Vollmer, Jürgen
Mahecha, Miguel D.
Mora, Karin
Dynamical Systems
Machine Learning
37M10
J.2
Understanding the dynamics of the land-atmosphere exchange of CO$_2$ is key to advance our predictive capacities of the coupled climate-carbon feedback system. In essence, the net vegetation flux is the difference of the uptake of CO$_2$ via photosynthesis and the release of CO$_2$ via respiration, while the system is driven by periodic processes at different time-scales. The complexity of the underlying dynamics poses challenges to classical decomposition methods focused on maximizing data variance, such as singular spectrum analysis. Here, we explore whether nonlinear data-driven methods can better separate periodic patterns and their harmonics from noise and stochastic variability. We find that Nonlinear Laplacian Spectral Analysis (NLSA) outperforms the linear method and detects multiple relevant harmonics. However, these harmonics are not detected in the presence of substantial measurement irregularities. In summary, the NLSA approach can be used to both extract the seasonal cycle more accurately than linear methods, but likewise detect irregular signals resulting from irregular land-atmosphere interactions or measurement failures. Improving the detection capabilities of time-series decomposition is essential for improving land-atmosphere interactions models that should operate accurately on any time scale.
title Nonlinear spectral analysis extracts harmonics from land-atmosphere fluxes
topic Dynamical Systems
Machine Learning
37M10
J.2
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19237