Fig. 4: Seasonality in phosphorus deposition and black carbon above the monitoring site.
From: Fire-derived phosphorus fertilization of African tropical forests
Temporal trends for open field (Ag), 5- (5 yrs), 12- (12 yrs), 20- (20 yrs), and 60-year-old forest (60 yrs) over the monitoring period for phosphorus (P) deposition (mean ± standard deviation) (a), weekly precipitation (b), black carbon surface mass concentration (BCSMC) (c) above our site as extracted from MERRA2. Aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 550 nm, signaling biomass burning-derived aerosols detected over the study period by MODIS’ Terra satellite at the larger region around the study site (red circle) (d).
