Modeling land surface processes over a mountainous  rainforest in Costa Rica using CLM4.5 and CLM5

Song, Jaeyoung; Miller, Gretchen R.; Cahill, Anthony T.; Aparecido, Luiza Maria T.; Moore, Georgianne W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5147-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5147-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5147-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

Model evaluation paper

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31 Oct 2020

Model evaluation paper |

| 31 Oct 2020

Modeling land surface processes over a mountainous rainforest in Costa Rica using CLM4.5 and CLM5

Jaeyoung Song, Gretchen R. Miller, Anthony T. Cahill, Luiza Maria T. Aparecido, and Georgianne W. Moore

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RC1: 'Review of "Modeling land surface processes over a mountainous rainforest in Costa Rica using CLM4.5 and CLM5" by Jaeyoung Song, Gretchen R. Miller, Anthony T. Cahill, Luiza Aparecido, and Georgianne W. Moore', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Apr 2020
- AC1: ''Authors' response to reviewer's comments', Jaeyoung Song, 17 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Review of "Modeling land surface processes over a mountainous rainforest in Costa Rica using CLM4.5 and CLM5" by Jaeyoung Song et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Jun 2020
- AC1: ''Authors' response to reviewer's comments', Jaeyoung Song, 17 Jul 2020
AC1: ''Authors' response to reviewer's comments', Jaeyoung Song, 17 Jul 2020

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

AR by Jaeyoung Song on behalf of the Authors (17 Jul 2020) Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Sep 2020) by Philippe Peylin

AR by Jaeyoung Song on behalf of the Authors (24 Sep 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

The performance of a land surface model (CLM4.5 and 5.0) was examined against a suite of measurements from a tropical montane rainforest in Costa Rica. Both versions failed to capture the effects of frequent rainfall events and mountainous terrain on temperature, leaf wetness, photosynthesis, and transpiration. While the new model version eliminated some errors, it still cannot precisely simulate a number of processes. This suggests that two key components of the model need modification.