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Refereed Journal Publications

Hopkinson, C.,  J. Lovell, L. Chasmer, D. Jupp, N. Kljun, E. van Gorsel, 2013: Integrating Terrestrial and Airborne Lidar to Calibrate a 3D Canopy Model of Effective Leaf Area Index, Remote Sensing of Environment, in press.

van Gorsel, E., J.A.J. Berni, P. Briggs, A. Cabello-Leblic, L. Chasmer, H.A. Cleugh, J. Hacker, S. Hantson, V. Haverd, C. Hopkinson, D. Hughes, H. Keith, N. Kljun, R. Leuning, M. Yebra, S. Zegelin, 2013: Primary and Secondary Effects of Climate Variability on Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange in an Evergreen Eucalyptus Forest, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, in press.

Gelybó, G., Z. Barcza, A. Kern, N. Kljun, 2013: Effect of Spatial Heterogeneity on the Validation of Remote Sensing Based GPP Estimations, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 174-175, 43-53.

Los, S. O., J.A.B. Rosette, N. Kljun, P.R.J. North, L. Chasmer, J.C. Suárez, C. Hopkinson, R.A. Hill, E. van Gorsel, C. Mahoney, J.A.J. Berni, 2012: Vegetation height and cover fraction between 60° S and 60° N from ICESat GLAS data. Geoscientific Model Development, 5, 413-432.

Chasmer, L., N. Kljun, C. Hopkinson, S. Brown, T. Milne, K. Giroux, A.G. Barr, K. Devito, R. Petrone, 2011: Characterizing vegetation structural and topographic characteristics sampled by eddy covariance within two mature aspen stands using LiDAR and a flux footprint model: Scaling to MODIS. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 116, G02026.

Hiller, R.V., J.P. McFadden, N. Kljun, 2010: Interpreting CO2 Fluxes Over a Suburban Lawn: The Influence of Traffic Emissions. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 138, 215–230.

Markkanen, T., G. Steinfeld, N. Kljun, S. Raasch, T. Foken, 2010:  A Numerical Case Study on Footprint Model Performance under Inhomogeneous Flow Conditions, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 19, 539-547.

Hilker, T., F.G. Hall, N.C. Coops, A. Lyapustin, Y. Wang, Z. Nesic, N. Grant, T.A. Black, M.A. Wulder, N. Kljun, C. Hopkinson, L. Chasmer, 2010: Remote Sensing of Photosynthetic Light Use Efficiency Across two Forested Biomes: Spatial Scaling. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114, 2863-2874.

Markkanen, T., G. Steinfeld, N. Kljun, S. Raasch, T. Foken, 2009:  Validation of Conventional Lagrangian Stochastic Footprint Models against LES Driven Footprint Estimates. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 5575-5586.

Barcza, Z., A. Kern, L. Haszpra, N. Kljun, 2009: Spatial Representativeness of Tall Tower Eddy Covariance Measurements Using Remote Sensing and Footprint Analysis. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 149, 795-807.

Chasmer, L., N. Kljun, A.G. Barr, T.A. Black, C. Hopkinson, J.H. McCaughey, P. Treitz, 2008: Vegetation Structural and Elevation Influences on CO2 Uptake within a Mature Jack Pine Forest in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38, 2746-2761. 

Vesala, T., N. Kljun, Ü. Rannik, J. Rinne, A. Sogachev, T. Markkanen, K. Sabelfeld, Th. Foken, M.Y. Leclerc, 2008: Flux and Concentration Footprint Modelling: State of the Art. Environmental Pollution 152, 653-666. 

Barr, A.G., T.A. Black, E.H. Hogg, T.J. Griffis, K. Morgenstern, N. Kljun, A. Theede, Z. Nesic, 2007: Climatic Controls on the Carbon and Water Balances of a Boreal Aspen Forest, 1994-2003. Global Change Biology 13, 561-576.

Griffis, T.J., J. Zhang, J.M. Baker, N. Kljun, K. Billmark, 2007: Determining Carbon Isotope Signatures from Micrometeorological Measurements: Implications for Studying Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange Processes. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 123, 295-316.

Kljun, N., T.A. Black, T.J. Griffis, A.G. Barr, D. Gaumont-Guay, K. Morgenstern, J.H. McCaughey, Z. Nesic, 2007: Response of Net Ecosystem Productivity of Three Boreal Forest Stands to Drought. Ecosystems 10, 1039-1055.

Amiro, B.D., A.G. Barr, T.A. Black, H. Iwashita, N. Kljun, J.H. McCaughey, K. Morgenstern, S. Murayama, Z. Nesic, A.L. Orchansky, 2006: Carbon, Energy and Water Fluxes at Mature and Disturbed Forest Sites, Saskatchewan, Canada. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 136, 237-251.

Bernier, P.Y., P. Bartlett, T.A. Black, A. Barr, N. Kljun, H. McCaughey, 2006: Drought Constraints on Transpiration and Canopy Conductance in Mature Aspen and Jack Pine Stands. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 140, 64-78.

Grant, R.F., T.A. Black, D. Gaumont-Guay, N. Kljun, A.G. Barr, K. Morgenstern, Z. Nesic, 2006: Net Ecosystem Productivity of Boreal Aspen Forests under Drought and Climate Change: Mathematical Modelling with ecosys. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 140, 152-170.

Ponton, S., L.B. Flanagan, K.P. Alstad, B.G. Johnson, K. Morgenstern, N. Kljun, T.A. Black, A.G. Barr, 2006: Comparison of Ecosystem Water-use Efficiency among Douglas Fir Forest, Aspen Forest and Grassland Using Eddy Covariance and Carbon Isotope Techniques. Global Change Biology 12, 294-310.

Barr, A.G., T.A. Black, E.H. Hogg, N. Kljun, K. Morgenstern, Z. Nesic, 2004: Interannual Variability in the Leaf Area Index of a Boreal Aspen-Hazelnut Forest in Relation to Net Ecosystem Production. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 126, 237-255.

Griffis, T.J., T.A. Black, D. Gaumont-Guay, G.B. Drewitt, Z. Nesic, A.G. Barr, K. Morgenstern, N. Kljun, 2004: Seasonal Variation and Partitioning of Ecosystem Respiration in a Southern Boreal Aspen Forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 125, 207-223.

Kljun, N., P. Calanca, M.W. Rotach, H.P. Schmid, 2004: A Simple Parameterisation for Flux Footprint Predictions. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 112, 503-523.

Kljun, N., P. Kastner-Klein, E. Fedorovich, M.W. Rotach, 2004: Evaluation of a Lagrangian Footprint Model Using Data from a Wind Tunnel Convective Boundary Layer. Special Issue on Footprints of Fluxes and Concentrations, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 127, 189-201.

Kljun, N., R. Kormann, M.W. Rotach, F.X. Meixner, 2003: Comparison of the Lagrangian Footprint Model LPDM-B with an Analytical Footprint Model. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 106, 349-355.

Kljun, N., M.W. Rotach, H.P. Schmid, 2002: A 3D Backward Lagrangian Footprint Model for a Wide Range of Boundary Layer Stratifications. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 103, 205-226.

Kljun, N., 2002: Footprint Modelling in the Planetary Boundary Layer. Diss ETH Zurich No. 14482, Switzerland, 88pp.

Kljun, N., M. Sprenger, C. Schär, 2001: Frontal modification and Lee cyclogenesis in the Alps: A case study using the ALPEX reanalysis data set. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys. 78, 89-105.

Technical Reports

North N., N. Kljun, F. Kasser, J. Heldstab, M. Maibach, J. Reutimann, M. Guyer, 2007: Climate change in Switzerland. Indicators of causes, impacts, sanctions. Environmental Conditions, No. 0728,  Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Berne 77 p.

Heldstab, J., S. Kessler, M. Steinemann, O. Schwank, N. Kljun, B. Ruegge, J. Fussler, O. Kocsis, C. Luthi, M. Sommerthaler, 2006: Switzerland's Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2004. National Inventory Report 2006. Submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Berne, 271 p.

Heldstab, J., N.Kljun, 2006: PM10-Emissions from Traffic. Environmental Documentation, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Berne, 44 p. (in German).

Jungbluth, N., M. Chudacoff, A. Dauriat, F. Dinkel, M. Faist Emmenegger, E. Gnansounou, M. Keller, N. Kljun, M. Spielmann, C. Stettler, J. Sutter, 2006: Life Cycle Inventories of Bioenergy. ESU-services, Uster, 321 p.

Keller, M., N. Kljun, P. Wutrich, 2006: Air and Climate Characteristics Fuels, Update 2005. Environmental Documentation No. 194, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Berne, 127 p. (in German).

Kljun, N., J. Heldstab, 2006: NO2-concentrations in the Urner Reuss valley, retrospective 1999-2005. Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Office for the Environment Kanton Uri, Berne, 19p.

Kljun, N., J. Heldstab, M. Keller, 2006: Environmental Monitoring MFM-U, Emissions from Traffic 2004/2005. Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Berne, 37 p.

Heldstab, J., M. Keller, N. Kljun, 2005, 'PM10-Emissions from Rail Traffic'. Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Berne 31 p. (in German).

Heldstab, J., C. Schreyer, N. Kljun, M. Maibach, 2005: Environmental Monitoring MFM-U, Environmental Balance. Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Forests and Landscape, Berne 58 p. (in German).

Keller, M., N. Kljun, 2005: CNG- or Dieselbusses? AFUL City of Bern, Bernmobil, AOV Kanton Bern, WEA, BECO, ewb, Berne, 55 p. (in German).

Keller, M., M.Lebkuchner, N. Kljun, 2005: Diesel-, CNG- or Trolleybus? WSD-BS, Berne, 58 p. (in German).

Kljun, N., J. Heldstab, 2005: Environmental Monitoring MFM-U, Annual Report 2004, Air Quality and Noise. Environmental Documentation No. 205, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Berne, 28 p. (in German).

Kunzle, T., J. Heldstab, N. Kljun, 2005: NO2- and PM10-Immissions Kanton Luzern. Environment and Energy (uwe), Berne, 60 p. (in German).

Heldstab, J., P. deHaan, T. Kunzle, N. Kljun, M. Keller, R. Zbinden, 2004: Modelling of NO2 and Benzene Ambient Concentrations in Switzerland 2000 to 2020. Environmental Documentation No. 188, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Berne, 78 p.

Heldstab, J., N. Kljun, R. Zbinden, M. Keller, 2004: Environmental Monitoring MFM-U, Modelling of Air Quality and Noise. Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Berne 57 p. (in German).

Kljun, N., R. Zbinden, J. Heldstab, M. Keller, 2004: NO2-Immissions of Kanton Freiburg in 2000 and in 2010, Update 2004. Agency for the Environment Kanton Freiburg, Berne, 27 p. (in German).