Water is an important resource for plant life. Since climate scenarios for Switzerland predict an average reduction of 20% in summer precipitation until 2070, understanding ecosystem responses to water shortage, e.g. in terms of plant productivity, is of major concern. Thus, we tested the effects of simulated summer drought on three managed grasslands along an altitudinal gradient in Switzerlan...

In this paper, we investigate the activity of atmospheric turbulence in MLT region and relationship between wave activity. We use data from Langfang MF radar (39.4∘N, 116.7∘E) July 2019 to June 2020 NRLMSIS 2.0 calculate parameters energy dissipation rate (ε). Atmospheric ε is modulated by different periods at altitudes, while there are 12 h 24 all main period altitudes. A comparison with tide ...

To advance our understanding of the effect of wave-particle interactions on ion outflows in the polar wind region and the resulting ion heating and escape from low altitudes to higher altitudes, we carried out a comparison between polar wind simulations obtained using Barghouthi model with corresponding observations obtained from different satellites. The Barghouthi model describes O and H outf...

Carbon and nutrient stocks in below-ground biomass have rarely been investigated in tropical montane forests. Inthepresentstudy, theamountsofcarbon,nitrogen,phosphorus, sulphur,potassium,calciumandmagnesium in root biomass were determined by soil coring and nutrient analysis in forests at three altitudes (1900, 2400 and 3000m) in the Ecuadorian Andes. Root biomass increased markedly from 2.8 kg...