Delayed Pantropical Carbon Sink Recovery Due To Asynchronous Post‐El Niño Photosynthesis and Respiration Trajectories

Abstract Occurring in 2015/16, the strong El Niño has been shown to significantly influence the pantropical carbon fluxes with multiple lines of evidence. However, a comprehensive understanding on the regional and vegetation‐specific net ecosystem productivity (NEP) in response to this El Niño event and its recovery trajectories remain unclear. We revisited the controlling factors in the recovery of pantropical NEP from the 2015/16 El Niño …