The biophysics, ecology, and biogeochemistry of functionally diverse, vertically and horizontally heterogeneous ecosystems:  the Ecosystem Demography model, version 2.2 – Part 2: Model evaluation for tropical South America

Longo, Marcos; Knox, Ryan G.; Levine, Naomi M.; Swann, Abigail L. S.; Medvigy, David M.; Dietze, Michael C.; Kim, Yeonjoo; Zhang, Ke; Bonal, Damien; Burban, Benoit; Camargo, Plínio B.; Hayek, Matthew N.; Saleska, Scott R.; da Silva, Rodrigo; Bras, Rafael L.; Wofsy, Steven C.; Moorcroft, Paul R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4347-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4347-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4347-2019

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

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14 Oct 2019

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The biophysics, ecology, and biogeochemistry of functionally diverse, vertically and horizontally heterogeneous ecosystems: the Ecosystem Demography model, version 2.2 – Part 2: Model evaluation for tropical South America

Marcos Longo, Ryan G. Knox, Naomi M. Levine, Abigail L. S. Swann, David M. Medvigy, Michael C. Dietze, Yeonjoo Kim, Ke Zhang, Damien Bonal, Benoit Burban, Plínio B. Camargo, Matthew N. Hayek, Scott R. Saleska, Rodrigo da Silva, Rafael L. Bras, Steven C. Wofsy, and Paul R. Moorcroft

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RC1: 'Review of Longo et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 May 2019
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript from Longo et al.: “The biophysics, ecology, and biogeochemistry of functionally diverse, vertically- and horizontally-heterogeneous ecosystems: the Ecosystem Demography Model, version 2.2—Part 2: Model evaluation”', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Jun 2019
AC1: 'Author's response to reviews of "The biophysics, ecology, and biogeochemistry of functionally diverse, vertically- and horizontally-heterogeneous ecosystems: the Ecosystem Demography Model, version 2.2 – Part 2: Model evaluation"', Marcos Longo, 09 Jul 2019

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Marcos Longo on behalf of the Authors (13 Jul 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Jul 2019) by Christoph Müller

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Aug 2019)

ED: Publish as is (23 Aug 2019) by Christoph Müller

AR by Marcos Longo on behalf of the Authors (03 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The Ecosystem Demography model calculates the fluxes of heat, water, and carbon between plants and ground and the air, and the life cycle of plants in different climates. To test if our calculations were reasonable, we compared our results with field and satellite measurements. Our model predicts well the extent of the Amazon forest, how much light forests absorb, and how much water forests release to the air. However, it must improve the tree growth rates and how fast dead plants decompose.