An assessment of geographical distribution of different plant functional types over North America simulated using the CLASS&ndash;CTEM modelling framework

Shrestha, Rudra K.; Arora, Vivek K.; Melton, Joe R.; Sushama, Laxmi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4733-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 20

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4733-2017

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4733-2017

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

Articles | Volume 14, issue 20

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25 Oct 2017

Research article |

| 25 Oct 2017

An assessment of geographical distribution of different plant functional types over North America simulated using the CLASS–CTEM modelling framework

Rudra K. Shrestha, Vivek K. Arora, Joe R. Melton, and Laxmi Sushama

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'a comment on paper by R. K. Shrestha et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Apr 2017
- AC1: 'Authors' reply to comments from both reviewers', Vivek Arora, 22 Jun 2017
RC2: 'Comments by reviewer', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jun 2017
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2's comments included together with the response to reviewer 1 comments', Vivek Arora, 22 Jun 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Jun 2017) by Alexey V. Eliseev

AR by Vivek Arora on behalf of the Authors (20 Jul 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Jul 2017) by Alexey V. Eliseev

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (29 Aug 2017)

ED: Publish as is (29 Aug 2017) by Alexey V. Eliseev

AR by Vivek Arora on behalf of the Authors (11 Sep 2017)

Short summary

Computer models of vegetation provide a tool to assess how future changes in climate may the affect geographical distribution of vegetation. However, such models must first be assessed for their ability to reproduce the present-day geographical distribution of vegetation. Here, we assess the ability of one such dynamic vegetation model. We find that while the model is broadly successful in reproducing the geographical distribution of trees and grasses in North America some limitations remain.