Using satellite data to improve the leaf phenology of a global terrestrial biosphere model

MacBean, N.; Maignan, F.; Peylin, P.; Bacour, C.; Bréon, F.-M.; Ciais, P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-7185-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-7185-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-7185-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 23

Research article

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10 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 10 Dec 2015

Using satellite data to improve the leaf phenology of a global terrestrial biosphere model

N. MacBean, F. Maignan, P. Peylin, C. Bacour, F.-M. Bréon, and P. Ciais

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RC C5345: 'Comments on “Using satellite data to improve the leaf phenology of a global Terrestrial Biosphere Model”', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Sep 2015
- AC C7529: ''Response to anonymous referee #1: Interactive comment on “Using satellite data to improve the leaf phenology of a global Terrestrial Biosphere Model”', Natasha MacBean, 10 Nov 2015
RC C5706: 'Comments on MacBean et al., Using satellite data to improve the leaf phenology of a 2 global Terrestrial Biosphere Model', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Sep 2015
- AC C7376: 'Response to anonymous referee #2: Interactive comment on “Using satellite data to improve the leaf phenology of a global Terrestrial Biosphere Model” by N. MacBean et al.', Natasha MacBean, 04 Nov 2015

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (16 Nov 2015) by Trevor Keenan

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Previous model evaluation studies have shown that terrestrial biosphere models (TBMs) need a better representation of the leaf phenology, but the model deficiency could be related to incorrect model parameters or inaccurate model structure. This paper presents a framework for optimising the parameters of phenology models that are commonly used in TBMs. It further demonstrates that the optimisation can result in changes to trends in vegetation productivity and an improvement in gross C fluxes.