Ecosystem Recovery Data After Hot-Dry Extremes with Northern-Temperate Atlas

Processed data and analysis scripts support a framework for diagnosing when vegetation greenness overstates ecosystem recovery after compound hot-dry extremes. The repository includes event and recovery tables for Eurasian and North American temperate systems, derived flux-tower aggregates, and a 0.25° recovery-risk atlas. It was authored by Haojie Zhang and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Validate ecosystem recovery claims based on the carbon-water stress-test framework described.
• Analyze sensitivity of evapotranspiration and water-use efficiency estimates using PML, MOD16, and ERA5-Land products.
• Screen for areas where greenness-only recovery metrics may be misleading using the provided 0.25° northern-temperate atlas layers.
• Reproduce analyses from the associated manuscript using the included Google Earth Engine and Python scripts.

Strengths

• Includes processed data from multiple major flux-tower networks (AmeriFlux, ICOS, FLUXNET2015).
• Provides a 0.25° resolution atlas for northern temperate regions.
• Contains analysis code in both Google Earth Engine and Python for full reproducibility.
• License is CC-BY-4.0, allowing for broad reuse with attribution.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Raw source data (e.g., MODIS, ERA5-Land) are not redistributed, requiring users to obtain them separately.

Provenance

Source

Processed from AmeriFlux, ICOS, FLUXNET2015, MODIS, PML, ERA5-Land, SPEI, and GOSIF source products.

Collection Method

Data were processed and aggregated using Google Earth Engine and Python scripts to support the associated manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 08:41:02

Geography

Covers Central Europe, Western Russia, North-Central Asia, East Europe-Black Sea, NE China-Mongolia, and North American temperate systems.