Description and evaluation of the process-based forest model 4C v2.2 at four European forest sites

Lasch-Born, Petra; Suckow, Felicitas; Reyer, Christopher P. O.; Gutsch, Martin; Kollas, Chris; Badeck, Franz-Werner; Bugmann, Harald K. M.; Grote, Rüdiger; Fürstenau, Cornelia; Lindner, Marcus; Schaber, Jörg

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5311-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 5311–5343, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5311-2020

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Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 5311–5343, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5311-2020

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

Model evaluation paper 05 Nov 2020

Model evaluation paper | 05 Nov 2020

Description and evaluation of the process-based forest model 4C v2.2 at four European forest sites

Petra Lasch-Born et al.

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5311-2020-supplement

Model code and software

4C version (v2.2) P. Lasch-Born et al. https://gitlab.pik-potsdam.de/foresee/4C

Short summary

The process-based model 4C has been developed to study climate impacts on forests and is now freely available as an open-source tool. This paper provides a comprehensive description of the 4C version (v2.2) for scientific users of the model and presents an evaluation of 4C. The evaluation focused on forest growth, carbon water, and heat fluxes. We conclude that 4C is widely applicable, reliable, and ready to be released to the scientific community to use and further develop the model.