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

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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

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Review by Anonymous Referee #1', Charles Koven, 23 Jan 2020
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript entitled “Benchmarking and Parameter Sensitivity of Physiological and Vegetation Dynamics using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) at Barro Colorado Island, Panama” by Charles D. Koven et al.', Emilie Joetzjer, 13 Jan 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Review by Emilie Joetzjer (Referee #2)', Charles Koven, 23 Jan 2020

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (20 Feb 2020) by Sönke Zaehle

AR by Charles Koven on behalf of the Authors (10 Mar 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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.