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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3923-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3923-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Evaluation of leaf-level optical properties employed in land surface models
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), P.O. Box 115, 1433 Ås, Norway
Ryan M. Bright
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), P.O. Box 115, 1433 Ås, Norway
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Short summary
Many land surface models rely on solutions derived from two-stream approximations utilizing leaf-level optical properties, many of which have not been formally reviewed or published. Using plant functional type groupings of the Community Land Model (CLM), we found large deviations between measured and CLM default near-infrared optical properties, implying that the modeled shortwave radiation budget including surface albedo may be expected to change after updating the biased parameters.
Many land surface models rely on solutions derived from two-stream approximations utilizing...