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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-869-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-869-2024
Research article
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16 Feb 2024
Research article |  | 16 Feb 2024

Multiscale assessment of North American terrestrial carbon balance

Kelsey T. Foster, Wu Sun, Yoichi P. Shiga, Jiafu Mao, and Anna M. Michalak

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Assessing agreement between bottom-up and top-down methods across spatial scales can provide insights into the relationship between ensemble spread (difference across models) and model accuracy (difference between model estimates and reality). We find that ensemble spread is unlikely to be a good indicator of actual uncertainty in the North American carbon balance. However, models that are consistent with atmospheric constraints show stronger agreement between top-down and bottom-up estimates.
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