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Articles | Volume 14, issue 18
Articles | Volume 14, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4315-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4315-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 14, issue 18
Research article
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28 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 28 Sep 2017

Evaluating the Community Land Model (CLM4.5) at a coniferous forest site in northwestern United States using flux and carbon-isotope measurements

Henrique F. Duarte, Brett M. Raczka, Daniel M. Ricciuto, John C. Lin, Charles D. Koven, Peter E. Thornton, David R. Bowling, Chun-Ta Lai, Kenneth J. Bible, and James R. Ehleringer

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We evaluate the Community Land Model (CLM4.5) against observations at an old-growth coniferous forest site that is subjected to water stress each summer. We found that, after calibration, CLM was able to reasonably simulate the observed fluxes of energy and carbon, carbon stocks, carbon isotope ratios, and ecosystem response to water stress. This study demonstrates that carbon isotopes can expose structural weaknesses in CLM and provide a key constraint that may guide future model development.
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