Our Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) members and iLEAPS community publish widely in leading peer-reviewed journals covering land–atmosphere interactions, climate science, ecosystem processes, and related interdisciplinary fields. Their journal publications reflect cutting-edge research, innovative methodologies, and global scientific leadership across the iLEAPS community.
Peer Reviewed Articles in Journals
Research into land atmosphere interactions supports the sustainable development agenda, Hayman, G., Poulter, B., Ghude, S. D., Blyth, E., Sinha, V., Archibald, S., Ashworth, K., Barlow, V., Fares, S., Feig, G., Hiyama, T., Jin, J., Juhola, S., Lee, M., Leuzinger, S., Mahecha, M. D., Meng, X., Odee, D., Purser, G., Sato, H., Saxena, P., Semeena, V. S., Steiner, A., Wang, X., and Wolff, S. Global Sustainability, 7, e12,https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.3, 2024.
Interactions between Air Pollution and Terrestrial Ecosystems: Perspectives on Challenges and Future Directions, He, C., Clifton, O., Felker-Quinn, E., Fulgham, S. R., Juncosa Calahorrano, J. F., Lombardozzi, D., Purser, G., Riches, M., Schwantes, R., Tang, W., Poulter, B., and Steiner, A. L. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102, E525–E538, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0066.1, 2021
Ten new insights in climate science 2020 – a horizon scan, Pihl, E., Alfredsson, E., Bengtsson, M., Bowen, K. J., Cástan Broto, V., Chou, K. T., Cleugh, H., Ebi, K., Edwards, C. M., Fisher, E., Friedlingstein, P., Godoy-Faúndez, A., Gupta, M., Harrington, A. R., Hayes, K., Hayward, B. M., Hebden, S. R., Hickmann, T., Hugelius, G., Ilyina, T., Jackson, R. B., Keenan, T. F., Lambino, R. A., Leuzinger, S., Malmaeus, M., McDonald, R. I., McMichael, C., Miller, C. A., Muratori, M., Nagabhatla, N., Nagendra, H., Passarello, C., Penuelas, J., Pongratz, J., Rockström, J., Romero-Lankao, P., Roy, J., Scaife, A. A., Schlosser, P., Schuur, E., Scobie, M., Sherwood, S. C., Sioen, G. B., Skovgaard, J., Sobenes Obregon, E. A., Sonntag, S., Spangenberg, J. H., Spijkers, O., Srivastava, L., Stammer, D. B., Torres, P. H. C., Turetsky, M. R., Ukkola, A. M., van Vuuren, D. P., Voigt, C., Wannous, C., and Zelinka, M. D. Global Sustainability, 4, e5, https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2021.2, 2021
The significance of land-atmosphere interactions in the Earth system—iLEAPS achievements and perspectives, Suni, T., Guenther, A., Hansson, H. C., Kulmala, M., Andreae, M. O., Arneth, A., Artaxo, P., Blyth, E., Brus, M., Ganzeveld, L., Kabat, P., de. Noblet-Ducoudré, N., Reichstein, M., Reissell, A., Rosenfeld, D., and Seneviratne, S. Anthropocene, 12, 69–84, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2015.12.001, 2015
Reports
Our Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) members actively contribute to high-impact books, assessments, and reports that advance understanding of land–atmosphere interactions. Their work spans interdisciplinary scientific syntheses, global and regional assessments, and major international initiatives. These publications reflect the collective expertise within iLEAPS and support evidence-based decision-making for sustainability and climate resilience.
Igniting Progress: Outcomes from the FLARE workshop and three challenges for the future of transdisciplinary fire science, iLEAPS contribution to FLARE White Paper, 2024, https://zenodo.org/records/12634068
10 New Insights in Climate Science 2020, Former SSC member, Prof Sebastian Leuzinger, on the Editorial Board, https://10insightsclimate.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2020-10-new-insights-in-climate-science-20210127.pdf
iLEAPS Science Conference proceedings
OXFORD 2017: All publishable materials from the 5th iLEAPS Science Conference are available. 5th iLEAPS Science Conference, 11th-14th September 2017, Oxford,U.K.
NANJING 2014: Agenda for the 4th iLEAPS Science Conference "Terrestrial ecosystems, atmosphere, and people in the Earth system" 12-16 May 2014, Nanjing, P. R. China
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN 2011: Agenda for the 3rd iLEAPS Science Conference 16-23 Sep 2011, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Also see iLEAPS Newsletter #12 (which reports selected highlights).
MELBOURNE 2009: Proceedings of the 2nd iLEAPS Science Conference "Water in a Changing Climate. Progress in Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Energy/Water Cycle Research" 24-28 Aug 2009, Melbourne, Australia. Editors Reissell A, Nyman M, Vesala M & Viisanen T. Also see iLEAPS Newsletter #9 (which reports selected highlights).
BOULDER 2006: Proceedings of the 1st iLEAPS Science Conference "Integrated Land Ecosystem-atmosphere Processes Study" 21-26 Jan 2006, Boulder, Colorado, USA. Editors Reissell A & Aarflot A. Report Series in Aerosol Science 79, Finnish Association for Aerosol Research (FAAR), 2006, 376 pp. Also see iLEAPS Newsletter #2 (which has a summary of all sessions) and these special issues of Tellus B and Ecological Applications.
iLEAPS 2005: Science Plan and Implementation Strategy. IGBP Report 54. International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Secretariat, Stockholm, 2005, 52 pp.. This report summarised the original four iLEAPS science foci. English version, 中文版.
HELSINKI 2003: Proceedings of the iLEAPS Open Science Conference 29 Sep - 3 Oct 2003, Helsinki, Finland. Editors Arneth A, Korhonen H, Kulmala M, Raivonen M, Ruuskanen T & Suni T. Report Series in Aerosol Science 62A, Finnish Association for Aerosol Research (FAAR), 2003, 248 pp.. Vol. 1, Vol. 2. and also see this special issue of Biogeosciences. Table of contents is here, hard copy of full proceedings are in CEH Wallingford library.
Journal special issues from iLEAPS
Special Collection on “Biogeophysical Climatic Impacts of LULCC” to be published in Earth Interactions is described here but not yet out.
2016 joint between Biogeosciences and Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics: "Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS)".
Editors Guenther A, Artaxo P, Ganzeveld L, Kabat P, Schmid HP & Kulmala M.
2015 in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition: "Soil and plant aspects in the Integrated Land Ecosystem–Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS)".
Editors Hiyama T, Saigusa N & Yagi K
2014 in Earth System Dynamics: "Impacts of Land-Uses and Land-Cover Changes (LULCC) on the functioning of the Earth System".
Editors de Noblet N, Rounsevell M, Ganzeveld L, Harman I & Hurtt G.
2012 in Biogeosciences: "Earth observation for land-atmosphere interaction science".
Editors Fernández Prieto D, Marconcini M, Reissell A, Kesselmeier J & Ellis M.
2011 in Atmospheric Science Letters: "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA): an integrated project for understanding of the West African climate system and its human dimension".
Editors Polcher J, Parker DJ & Gaye AT.
2008 in Ecological Applications: "Flux measurement in difficult conditions".
Editor Finnigan J.
2007 in Tellus B: 1st iLEAPS Science Conference Special Issue (2006 Boulder conference).
Editor Kulmala M.
2006 in Biogeosciences: "Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS)".
Editors Reissell A & Ganzeveld L.