Evaluating the E3SM land model version 0 (ELMv0) at a temperate forest site using flux and soil water measurements

Liang, Junyi; Wang, Gangsheng; Ricciuto, Daniel M.; Gu, Lianhong; Hanson, Paul J.; Wood, Jeffrey D.; Mayes, Melanie A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1601-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1601-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1601-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

Model evaluation paper

|

24 Apr 2019

Model evaluation paper |

| 24 Apr 2019

Evaluating the E3SM land model version 0 (ELMv0) at a temperate forest site using flux and soil water measurements

Junyi Liang, Gangsheng Wang, Daniel M. Ricciuto, Lianhong Gu, Paul J. Hanson, Jeffrey D. Wood, and Melanie A. Mayes

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1601-2019-supplement

Model code and software

Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) E3SM Project https://github.com/E3SM-Project/E3SM

Short summary

Soil respiration, the second largest carbon fluxes between the atmosphere and land, is not well represented in global land models. In this study, using long-term observations at a temperate forest, we identified a solution for using better soil water potential simulations to improve predictions of soil respiration in the E3SM land model. In addition, parameter calibration further improved model performance.