Is using average soil moisture and temperature a "good" proxy for soil respiration? Not always. The relationship depends on depth, climate, and how strongly soil moisture and temperature are coupled with respiration processes. Excited to see my dissertation work getting published 🤗
Jensen's Inequality Quantifies How Temporal Averaging of Moisture Inputs Affects Modeled Soil Respiration Across Continental Scales agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...