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The objective of this study is to examine recent trends over the last 30 years in Light Use Efficiency (LUE) and inherent Water Use Efficiency (iWUE*) for the major biomes of Africa, including their sensitivities to climate and CO2. LUE and iWUE* trends are analyzed using a combination of NOAA-AVHRR NDVI3g and fAPAR3g, and a data-driven model of monthly evapotranspiration and Gross Primary Productivity (based on flux tower measurements and remote sensing fAPAR, yet with no flux tower data in Africa) and the ORCHIDEE (ORganizing Carbon and Hydrology In Dynamic EcosystEms) process-based land surface model driven by variable CO2 and two different gridded climate fields. The iWUE* data product increases by  10%\u201320% per decade during the 1982\u20132010 period over the northern savannas (due to positive trend of vegetation productivity) and the central African forest (due to positive trend of vapor pressure deficit). In contrast to the iWUE*, the LUE trends are not statistically significant. The process-based model simulations only show a positive linear trend in iWUE* and LUE over the central African forest. Additionally, factorial model simulations were conducted to attribute trends in iWUE and LUE to climate change and rising CO2 concentrations. We found that the increase of atmospheric CO2 by 52.8 ppm during the period of study explains 30%\u201350% of the increase in iWUE* and &gt;90% of the LUE trend over the central African forest. The modeled iWUE* trend exhibits a high sensitivity to the climate forcing and environmental conditions, whereas the LUE trend has a smaller sensitivity to the selected climate forcing.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs6098923","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,9,22]],"date-time":"2014-09-22T10:39:10Z","timestamp":1411382350000},"page":"8923-8944","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["1982\u20132010 Trends of Light Use Efficiency and Inherent Water Use Efficiency in African vegetation: Sensitivity to Climate and Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Abdoul","family":"Traore","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE\/IPSL-CEA-CNRS-UVQS,  F-91191, Gif sur Yvette, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Philippe","family":"Ciais","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE\/IPSL-CEA-CNRS-UVQS,  F-91191, Gif sur Yvette, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicolas","family":"Vuichard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE\/IPSL-CEA-CNRS-UVQS,  F-91191, Gif sur Yvette, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Natasha","family":"MacBean","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE\/IPSL-CEA-CNRS-UVQS,  F-91191, Gif sur Yvette, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cecile","family":"Dardel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Geosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Observatoire Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es, UMR 5563 (CNRS\/UPS\/IRD\/CNES), 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Benjamin","family":"Poulter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ecology, Montana State University, P.O. 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