Leveraging 35 years of <i>Pinus taeda</i> research in the southeastern US to constrain forest carbon cycle predictions: regional data assimilation using ecosystem experiments

Thomas, R. Quinn; Brooks, Evan B.; Jersild, Annika L.; Ward, Eric J.; Wynne, Randolph H.; Albaugh, Timothy J.; Dinon-Aldridge, Heather; Burkhart, Harold E.; Domec, Jean-Christophe; Fox, Thomas R.; Gonzalez-Benecke, Carlos A.; Martin, Timothy A.; Noormets, Asko; Sampson, David A.; Teskey, Robert O.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3525-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3525-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3525-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 14

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26 Jul 2017

Research article |

| 26 Jul 2017

Leveraging 35 years of Pinus taeda research in the southeastern US to constrain forest carbon cycle predictions: regional data assimilation using ecosystem experiments

R. Quinn Thomas, Evan B. Brooks, Annika L. Jersild, Eric J. Ward, Randolph H. Wynne, Timothy J. Albaugh, Heather Dinon-Aldridge, Harold E. Burkhart, Jean-Christophe Domec, Thomas R. Fox, Carlos A. Gonzalez-Benecke, Timothy A. Martin, Asko Noormets, David A. Sampson, and Robert O. Teskey

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RC1: 'Review', Anthony Walker, 23 Mar 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Walker Review', Quinn Thomas, 11 May 2017
RC2: 'Review of Quinn Thomas et al. “Leveraging 35 years of forest research in the southeastern U.S. to constrain carbon cycle predictions: regional data assimilation using ecosystem experiments”', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Apr 2017
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer #2', Quinn Thomas, 11 May 2017

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (13 May 2017) by Sönke Zaehle

AR by Quinn Thomas on behalf of the Authors (22 May 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Jun 2017) by Sönke Zaehle

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 Jun 2017)

RR by Anthony Walker (19 Jun 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (19 Jun 2017) by Sönke Zaehle

AR by Quinn Thomas on behalf of the Authors (20 Jun 2017) Manuscript

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To improve predictions of future forest productivity, we introduce an analytical approach that uses data from numerous research experiments that have occurred across the southeastern US to calibrate a mathematical forest model and estimate uncertainty in predictions. As a result, predictions using the model are consistent with a rich history of forest research in a region that supplies a large fraction of wood products to the world.