Publications of Alexander Winkler

Zhao, W.; Winkler, A.; Reichstein, M.; Orth, R.; Gentine, P.: Learning evaporative fraction with memory. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 30 (16), pp. 5373 - 5394 (2026)

Pu, J.; Gao, S.; Yan, K.; Sun, X.; Winkler, A.; Wang, Q.; Mynen, R. B.: Disentangling the effects of FPAR, CO₂, and climate on terrestrial vegetation productivity trends over two decades (2001–2023). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 382, 111122 (2026)

Zhao, W.; Fang, J.; Yang, T.; Lian, X.; Winkler, A.; Sun, F.; Gentine, P.: Observation-constrained physical snow water equivalent simulations using a physics-guided machine learning approach. Water Resources Research 62 (3), e2025WR041406 (2026)

Pu, J.; Chang, Y.; Winkler, A.; Zuo, Z.; Chen, C.; Knyazikhin, Y.; Myneni, R. B.: Large gains in leaf scale photosynthetic rates of sparsely vegetated arid and semi-arid lands. Communications Earth & Environment 7, 97 (2026)

ElGhawi, R.; Reimers, C.; Schnur, R.; Reichstein, M.; Körner, M.; Carvalhais, N.; Winkler, A. J.: Hybrid‐modeling of land‐atmosphere fluxes using integrated machine learning in the ICON‐ESM modeling framework. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 17 (12), e2025MS005102 (2025)

ElGhawi, R.; Winkler, A.; Reimers, C.; Schall, A.; Gensheimer, J.; Kraft, B.: Imitation or identification: limitations of deep learning in extrapolating to future climate-carbon cycle change. Machine Learning: Earth 1 (1), 01LT02 (2025)

Yu, X.; Yan, K.; Pu, J.; Liu, J.; Wu, J.; Winkler, A. J.; Wang, Q.; Myneni, R. B.: MUSTI: Multi-scale spatiotemporal tensor imputation for global leaf area index time series reconstruction. Remote Sensing of Environment 345, 115559 (2025)

Brovkin, V.; Sanderson, B. M.; Brizuela, N. G.; Hajima, T.; Ilyina, T.; Jones, C. D.; Koven, C.; Lawrence, D.; Lawrence, P.; Li, H. et al.; Liddcoat, S.; Romanou, A.; Séférian, R.; Sentman, L. T.; Swann, A. L. S.; Tjiputra, J.; Ziehn, T.; Winkler, A.: On a simplified solution of climate-carbon dynamics in idealized flat10MIP simulations. Earth System Dynamics 16 (6), pp. 2021 - 2034 (2025)

Zhan, W.; Lian, X.; Liu, J.; Han, J.; Huang, Y.; Yang, H.; Zhan, C.; Winkler, A.; Gentine, P.: Reduced water loss rather than increased photosynthesis controls CO₂-enhanced water-use efficiency. Nature Ecology & Evolution 9, pp. 1571 - 1584 (2025)

Wang, Y.; Braghiere, R. K.; Fischer, W. W.; Yao, Y.; Shen, Z.; Schneider, T.; Bloom, A. A.; Schimel, D.; Croft, H.; Winkler, A. J. et al.; Reichstein, M.; Frankenberg, C.: Impacts of leaf traits on vegetation optical properties in Earth system modeling. Nature Communications 16, 4968 (2025)

Winkler, A.; Sierra, C.: Towards a new generation of impulse‐response functions for integrated earth system understanding and climate change attribution. Geophysical Research Letters 52 (8), e2024GL112295 (2025)

Kou-Giesbrecht, S.; Arora, V. K.; Jones, C. D.; Brovkin, V.; Hajima, T.; Kawamiya, M.; Liddicoat, S. K.; Winkler, A.; Zaehle, S.: Rising nitrogen deposition leads to only a minor increase in CO₂ uptake in Earth system models. Communications Earth & Environment 6, 216 (2025)

Chang, Y.; Winkler, A.; Noori, A.; Knyazikhin, Y.; Myneni, R.: Precipitation leads the long-term vegetation increase in the conterminous United States drylands. Environmental Research Letters 20 (4), 044006 (2025)

Benson, V.; Bastos, A.; Reimers, C.; Winkler, A.; Yang, F.; Reichstein, M.: Atmospheric transport modeling of CO₂ with neural networks. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 17 (2), e2024MS004655 (2025)

Shi, Z.; Zhao, W.; Xiong, Y.; Lian, X.; Fang, J.; Jiang, S.; Yan, C.; Winkler, A.; Qiu, G. Y.: A theoretical framework for critical canopy temperature and its potential to improve remote-sensing-based estimation of evapotranspiration. Environmental Research Letters 21 (2), 024011 (2025)

Li, N.; Sippel, S.; Linscheid, N.; Rödenbeck, C.; Winkler, A.; Reichstein, M.; Mahecha, M. D.; Bastos, A.: Enhanced global carbon cycle sensitivity to tropical temperature linked to internal climate variability. Science Advances 10 (39), eadl6155 (2024)

Liu, G.; Migliavacca, M.; Reimers, C.; Kraft, B.; Reichstein, M.; Richardson, A. D.; Wingate, L.; Delpierre, N.; Yang, H.; Winkler, A.: DeepPhenoMem V1.0: Deep learning modelling of canopy greenness dynamics accounting for multi-variate meteorological memory effects on vegetation phenology. Geoscientific Model Development 17 (17), pp. 6683 - 6701 (2024)

Winkler, A.; Myneni, R.; Reimers, C.; Reichstein, M.; Brovkin, V.: Carbon system state determines warming potential of emissions. PLOS ONE 19 (8), e0306128 (2024)

Mahecha, M. D.; Bastos, A.; Bohn, F.; Eisenhauer, N.; Feilhauer, H.; Hickler, T.; Kalesse-Los, H.; Migliavacca, M.; Otto, F. E. L.; Peng, J. et al.; Tegen, I.; Weigelt, A.; Wendisch, M.; Wirth, C.; Al-Halbouni, D.; Deneke, H. M.; Doktor, D.; Dunker, S.; Duveiller, G.; Ehrlich, A.; Foth, A.; García-García, A.; Guerra, C. A.; Guimarães-Steinicke, C.; Hartmann, H.; Henning, S.; Herrmann, H.; Ji, C.; Kattenborn, T.; Kolleck, N.; Kretschmer, M.; Kühn, I.; Luttkus, M. L.; Maahn, M.; Mönks, M.; Mora, K.; Pöhlker, M.; Reichstein, M.; Rüger, N.; Sánchez-Parra, B.; Schäfer, M.; Sippel, S.; Tesche, M.; Wehner, B.; Wieneke, S.; Winkler, A.; Wolf, S.; Zaehle, S.; Zscheischler, J.; Quaas, J.: Biodiversity and climate extremes: known interactions and research gaps. Earth's Future 12 (6), e2023EF003963 (2024)

Zhan, C.; Orth, R.; Yang, H.; Reichstein, M.; Zaehle, S.; De Kauwe, M. G.; Rammig, A.; Winkler, A.: Estimating the CO₂ fertilization effect on extratropical forest productivity from Flux-tower observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 129 (6), e2023JG007910 (2024)