Benchmarking and parameter sensitivity of physiological and vegetation dynamics using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) at Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Koven, Charles D.; Knox, Ryan G.; Fisher, Rosie A.; Chambers, Jeffrey Q.; Christoffersen, Bradley O.; Davies, Stuart J.; Detto, Matteo; Dietze, Michael C.; Faybishenko, Boris; Holm, Jennifer; Huang, Maoyi; Kovenock, Marlies; Kueppers, Lara M.; Lemieux, Gregory; Massoud, Elias; McDowell, Nathan G.; Muller-Landau, Helene C.; Needham, Jessica F.; Norby, Richard J.; Powell, Thomas; Rogers, Alistair; Serbin, Shawn P.; Shuman, Jacquelyn K.; Swann, Abigail L. S.; Varadharajan, Charuleka; Walker, Anthony P.; Wright, S. Joseph; Xu, Chonggang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3017-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3017-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3017-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

Research article

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15 Jun 2020

Research article |

| 15 Jun 2020

Benchmarking and parameter sensitivity of physiological and vegetation dynamics using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) at Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Charles D. Koven, Ryan G. Knox, Rosie A. Fisher, Jeffrey Q. Chambers, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Stuart J. Davies, Matteo Detto, Michael C. Dietze, Boris Faybishenko, Jennifer Holm, Maoyi Huang, Marlies Kovenock, Lara M. Kueppers, Gregory Lemieux, Elias Massoud, Nathan G. McDowell, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Jessica F. Needham, Richard J. Norby, Thomas Powell, Alistair Rogers, Shawn P. Serbin, Jacquelyn K. Shuman, Abigail L. S. Swann, Charuleka Varadharajan, Anthony P. Walker, S. Joseph Wright, and Chonggang Xu

Data sets

FATES Parameters and Output for Parameter Sensitivity at the Panama Barro Colorado Island Testbed C. Koven https://doi.org/10.15486/ngt/1569647

Model code and software

The Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) (Version sci.1.35.5_api.11.0.0) FATES Development Team https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3825474

ESCOMP/CTSM: Update documentation for release-clm5.0 branch, and fix issues with no-anthro surface dataset creation (Version release-clm5.0.34) CTSM Development Team https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3739617

Energy Exascale Earth System Model E3SM Project https://doi.org/10.11578/E3SM/dc.20180418.36

NGEET/testbeds: version 1.0 of testbeds scripts, as used in FATES BCI analysis (Version v1.0) C. Koven https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3785705

ckoven/runscripts: version 1.0 of ckoven/runscripts (Version v1.0) C. Koven https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3785703

Functionally-Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (commit 0bc7a5d) FATES Development Team https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3875687

Video supplement

600 Years of Forest Dynamics using FATES model at Barro Colorado Island, Panama C. Koven https://doi.org/10.5446/43627

Short summary

Tropical forests play a crucial role in governing climate feedbacks, and are incredibly diverse ecosystems, yet most Earth system models do not take into account the diversity of plant traits in these forests and how this diversity may govern feedbacks. We present an approach to represent diverse competing plant types within Earth system models, test this approach at a tropical forest site, and explore how the representation of disturbance and competition governs traits of the forest community.