Articles | Volume 13, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4691-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4691-2020
Model evaluation paper
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02 Oct 2020
Model evaluation paper |  | 02 Oct 2020

Optimality-based non-Redfield plankton–ecosystem model (OPEM v1.1) in UVic-ESCM 2.9 – Part 2: Sensitivity analysis and model calibration

Chia-Te Chien, Markus Pahlow, Markus Schartau, and Andreas Oschlies

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Short summary
We demonstrate sensitivities of tracers to parameters of a new optimality-based plankton–ecosystem model (OPEM) in the UVic-ESCM. We find that changes in phytoplankton subsistence nitrogen quota strongly impact the nitrogen inventory, nitrogen fixation, and elemental stoichiometry of ordinary phytoplankton and diazotrophs. We introduce a new likelihood-based metric for model calibration, and it shows the capability of constraining globally averaged oxygen, nitrate, and DIC concentrations.