Articles | Volume 14, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4435-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4435-2017
Ideas and perspectives
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09 Oct 2017
Ideas and perspectives |  | 09 Oct 2017

Ideas and perspectives: how coupled is the vegetation to the boundary layer?

Martin G. De Kauwe, Belinda E. Medlyn, Jürgen Knauer, and Christopher A. Williams

Data sets

Eddy covariance data Fluxdata http://fluxnet.fluxdata.org/data/la-thuile-dataset/

Model code and software

Flux_coupling M. De Kauwe https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.887016

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Short summary
Understanding the sensitivity of transpiration to stomatal conductance is critical to simulating the water cycle. This sensitivity is a function of the degree of coupling between the vegetation and the atmosphere. We combined an extensive literature summary with estimates of coupling derived from FLUXNET data. We found notable departures from the values previously reported. These data form a model benchmarking metric to test existing coupling assumptions.
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