Articles | Volume 13, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1545-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1545-2020
Model evaluation paper
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26 Mar 2020
Model evaluation paper |  | 26 Mar 2020

P-model v1.0: an optimality-based light use efficiency model for simulating ecosystem gross primary production

Benjamin D. Stocker, Han Wang, Nicholas G. Smith, Sandy P. Harrison, Trevor F. Keenan, David Sandoval, Tyler Davis, and I. Colin Prentice

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Estimating terrestrial photosynthesis relies on satellite data of vegetation cover and models simulating the efficiency by which light absorbed by vegetation is used for CO2 assimilation. This paper presents the P-model, a light use efficiency model derived from a carbon–water optimality principle, and evaluates its predictions of ecosystem-level photosynthesis against globally distributed observations. The model is implemented and openly accessible as an R package (rpmodel).
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