Articles | Volume 12, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1601-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1601-2019
Model evaluation paper
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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

Model code and software

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

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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.