Institution: Northern Arizona University
Department: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society
Building 90 1295 S. Knoles Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Hubbard Brook Role: Investigator
AndrewRichardson

Research Interests

My interests include: surface-atmosphere exchange of carbon, water and energy; carbon cycle modeling; phenology; optical properties of leaves and canopies; inverse modeling and data assimilation; and leaf-level physiology.

Hubbard Brook Publications by this Author

Teets, A., Bailey, A. S., Hufkens, K., Ollinger, S., Schädel, C., Seyednasrollah, B., & Richardson, A. D. (2023). Early spring onset increases carbon uptake more than late fall senescence: modeling future phenological change in a US northern deciduous forest. Oecologia, 201(1), 241–257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-022-05296-4
Teets, A., Moore, D. J. P., Alexander, M. R., Blanken, P. D., Bohrer, G., Burns, S. P., Carbone, M. S., Ducey, M. J., Fraver, S., Gough, C. M., Hollinger, D. Y., Koch, G., Kolb, T., Munger, J. W., Novick, K. A., Ollinger, S. V., Ouimette, A. P., Pederson, N., Ricciuto, D. M., … Richardson, A. D. (2022). Coupling of Tree Growth and Photosynthetic Carbon Uptake Across Six North American Forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(4), e2021JG006690. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006690
Moon, M., Seyednasrollah, B., Richardson, A. D., & Friedl, M. A. (2021). Using time series of MODIS land surface phenology to model temperature and photoperiod controls on spring greenup in North American deciduous forests. Remote Sensing of Environment, 260, 112466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112466
Keenan, T. F., Richardson, A. D., & Hufkens, K. (2020). On quantifying the apparent temperature sensitivity of plant phenology. New Phytologist, 225(2), 1033–1040. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16114
Ouimette, A. P., Ollinger, S. V., Richardson, A. D., Hollinger, D. Y., Keenan, T. F., Lepine, L. C., & Vadeboncoeur, M. A. (2018). Carbon fluxes and interannual drivers in a temperate forest ecosystem assessed through comparison of top-down and bottom-up approaches. 256–257, 420–430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.03.017
Filippa, G., Cremonese, E., Migliavacca, M., Galvagno, M., Sonnentag, O., Humphreys, E., Hufkens, K., Ryu, Y., Verfaillie, J., Morra di Cella, U., & Richardson, A. D. (2018). NDVI derived from near-infrared-enabled digital cameras: Applicability across different plant functional types. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 249, 275–285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.11.003
Lee, M. S., Hollinger, D. Y., Keenan, T. F., Ouimette, A. P., Ollinger, S. V., & Richardson, A. D. (2018). Model-based analysis of the impact of diffuse radiation on CO 2 exchange in a temperate deciduous forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 249, 377–389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.11.016
Xin, Q., Dai, Y., Li, X., Liu, X., Gong, P., & Richardson, A. D. (2018). A steady-state approximation approach to simulate seasonal leaf dynamics of deciduous broadleaf forests via climate variables. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 249, 44–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.11.025
Brown, L. A., Dash, J., Ogutu, B. O., & Richardson, A. D. (2017). On the relationship between continuous measures of canopy greenness derived using near-surface remote sensing and satellite-derived vegetation products. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 247, 280–292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.08.012
Melaas, E. K., Sulla-Menashe, D., Gray, J. M., Black, T. A., Morin, T. H., Richardson, A. D., & Friedl, M. A. (2016). Multisite analysis of land surface phenology in North American temperate and boreal deciduous forests from Landsat. Remote Sensing of Environment, 186, 452–464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.09.014
Melaas, E. K., Friedl, M. A., & Richardson, A. D. (2016). Multiscale modeling of spring phenology across Deciduous Forests in the Eastern United States. Global Change Biology, 22(2), 792–805. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13122
Melaas, E. K., Friedl, M. A., & Richardson, A. D. (2015). Multi-scale modeling of spring phenology across Deciduous Forests in the Eastern United States. Global Change Biology, n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13122
Toomey, M., Friedl, M. A., Frolking, S., Hufkens, K., Klosterman, S., Sonnentag, O., Baldocchi, D. D., Bernacchi, C. J., Biraud, S. C., Bohrer, G., Brzostek, E., Burns, S. P., Coursolle, C., Hollinger, D. Y., Margolis, H. A., McCaughey, H., Monson, R. K., Munger, J. W., Pallardy, S., … Richardson, A. D. (2015). Greenness indices from digital cameras predict the timing and seasonal dynamics of canopy-scale photosynthesis. Ecological Applications, 25(1), 99–115. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-0005.1
Keenan, T. F., & Richardson, A. D. (2015). The timing of autumn senescence is affected by the timing of spring phenology: implications for predictive models. Global Change Biology, 21(7), 2634–2641. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12890
Migliavacca, M., Reichstein, M., Richardson, A. D., Mahecha, M. D., Cremonese, E., Delpierre, N., Galvagno, M., Law, B. E., Wohlfahrt, G., Andrew Black, T., Carvalhais, N., Ceccherini, G., Chen, J., Gobron, N., Koffi, E., William Munger, J., Perez-Priego, O., Robustelli, M., Tomelleri, E., & Cescatti, A. (2015). Influence of physiological phenology on the seasonal pattern of ecosystem respiration in deciduous forests. Global Change Biology, 21(1), 363–376. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12671
Keenan, T. F., Gray, J., Friedl, M. A., Toomey, M., Bohrer, G., Hollinger, D. Y., Munger, J. W., O’Keefe, J., Schmid, H. P., Wing, I. S., Yang, B., & Richardson, A. D. (2014). Net carbon uptake has increased through warming-induced changes in temperate forest phenology. Nature Climate Change, 4(7), 598–604. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2253
Friedl, M. A., Gray, J. M., Melaas, E. K., Richardson, A. D., Hufkens, K., Keenan, T. F., Bailey, A., & O’Keefe, J. (2014). A tale of two springs: using recent climate anomalies to characterize the sensitivity of temperate forest phenology to climate change. Environmental Research Letters, 9(5), 054006. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/5/054006
Keenan, T. F., Hollinger, D. Y., Bohrer, G., Dragoni, D., Munger, J. W., Schmid, H. P., & Richardson, A. D. (2013). Increase in forest water-use efficiency as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rise. Nature, 499(7458), 324–327. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12291
Hufkens, K., Friedl, M. A., Keenan, T. F., Sonnentag, O., Bailey, A., O’Keefe, J., & Richardson, A. D. (2012). Ecological impacts of a widespread frost event following early spring leaf-out. Global Change Biology, 18(7), 2365–2377. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02712.x
Hamburg, S. P., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Richardson, A. D., & Bailey, A. S. (2012). Climate change at the ecosystem scale: A 50-year record in New Hampshire. Climatic Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-012-0517-2
Richardson, A. D., Williams, M., Hollinger, D. Y., Moore, D. J. P., Dail, D. B., Davidson, E. A., Scott, N. A., Evans, R. S., Hughes, H., Lee, J. T., Rodrigues, C., & Savage, K. (2010). Estimating parameters of a forest ecosystem C model with measurements of stocks and fluxes as joint constraints. Oecologia, 164(1), 25–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-010-1628-y
Pace, M. L., Hampton, S. E., Limburg, K. E., Bennett, E. M., Cook, E. M., Davis, A. E., Grove, J. M., Kaneshiro, K. Y., LaDeau, S. L., Likens, G. E., McKnight, D. M., Richardson, D. C., & Strayer, D. L. (2010). Communicating with the public: opportunities and rewards for individual ecologists. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 8(6), 292–298. https://doi.org/10.1890/090168
Yanai, R. D., Battles, J. J., Richardson, A. D., Blodgett, C. A., Wood, D. M., & Rastetter, E. B. (2010). Estimating Uncertainty in Ecosystem Budget Calculations. Ecosystems, 13(2), 239–248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-010-9315-8
Hollinger, D. Y., Ollinger, S. V., Richardson, A. D., Meyers, T. P., Dail, D. B., Martin, M. E., Scott, N. A., Arkebauer, T. J., Baldocchi, D. D., Clark, K. L., Curtis, P. S., Davis, K. J., Desai, A. R., Dragoni, D., Goulden, M. L., Gu, L., Katul, G. G., Pallardy, S. G., Paw, K. T., … Verma, S. B. (2010). Albedo estimates for land surface models and support for a new paradigm based on foliage nitrogen concentration. Global Change Biology, 16(2), 696–710. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02028.x
Yanai, R. D., Battles, J. J., Richardson, A. D., Rastetter, E. B., Wood, D. M., & Blodgett, C. (2010). Estimating uncertainty in ecosystem budget calculations. Ecosystems, 13(2), 239–248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-010-9315-8
White, M. A., de Beurs, K. M., Didan, K., Inouye, D. W., Richardson, A. D., Jensen, O. P., O’Keefe, J., Zhang, G., Nemani, R. R., van Leeuwen, W. J. D., Brown, J. F., de Wit, A., Schaepman, M., Lin, X. M., Dettinger, M., Bailey, A. S., Kimball, J., Schwartz, M. D., Baldocchi, D. D., … Lauenroth, W. K. (2009). Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982-2006. Global Change Biology, 15(10), 2335–2359. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01910.x
Ollinger, S. V., Frolking, S. E., Richardson, A. D., Martin, M. E., Hollinger, D. Y., Reich, P. B., & Plourde, L. C. (2009). Nitrogen-albedo relationship in forests remains robust and thought-provoking (Reply). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(7), E17; DOI: 10.1073/PNAS.0900137106.
Huntington, T. G., Richardson, A. D., McGuire, K. J., & Hayhoe, K. (2009). Climate and hydrological changes in the northeastern United States:  recent trends and implications for forested and aquatic ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 39, 199–212.
Ollinger, S. V., Richardson, A. D., Martin, M. E., Hollinger, D. Y., Frolking, S. E., Reich, P. B., Plourde, L. C., Katul, G. G., Munger, J. W., Oren, R., Smith, M.-L., Paw U, K. T., Bolstad, P. V., Cook, B. D., Day, M. C., Martin, T. A., Monson, R. K., & Schmid, H. P. (2008). Canopy nitrogen, carbon assimilation, and albedo in temperate and boreal forests:  Functional relations and potential climate feedbacks. Proc. National Academy Sciences, 105(49), 19335–19340.
Jenkins, J. P., Richardson, A. D., Braswell, B. H., Ollinger, S. V., Hollinger, D. Y., & Smith, M.-L. (2007). Refining light-use efficiency calculations for a deciduous forest canopy using simultaneous tower-based carbon flux and radiometric measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 143, 64–79.
Richardson, A. D., Bailey, A. S., Denny, E. G., Martin, C. W., & O’Keefe, J. (2006). Phenology of a northern hardwood forest canopy. Global Change Biology, 12, 1174–1188.
Juice, S. M., Fahey, T. J., Siccama, T. G., Driscoll, C. T., Denny, E. G., Eagar, C., Cleavitt, N. L., Minocha, R., & Richardson, A. D. (2006). Response of sugar maple to calcium addition to northern hardwood forest. Ecology, 87(5), 1267–1280.
Richardson, A. D., Lee, X., & Friedland, A. J. (2004). Microclimatology of treeline spruce-fir forests in mountains of the northeastern United States. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 125, 53–66.
Richardson, A. D. (2004). Foliar chemistry of balsam fir and red spruce in relation to elevation and the canopy light gradient in the mountsins of the northeastern United States. Plant and Soil, 260, 291–299.
Richardson, A. D., Denny, E. G., Siccama, T. G., & Lee, X. (2003). Evidence for a rising cloud ceiling in eastern North America. Amer. Meteorolog. Soc., 16, 2093–2098.