Articles | Volume 14, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-5891-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-5891-2021
Methods for assessment of models
 | 
29 Sep 2021
Methods for assessment of models |  | 29 Sep 2021

Using the International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) records as century-long benchmarks for global land-surface models

Jina Jeong, Jonathan Barichivich, Philippe Peylin, Vanessa Haverd, Matthew Joseph McGrath, Nicolas Vuichard, Michael Neil Evans, Flurin Babst, and Sebastiaan Luyssaert

Viewed

Total article views: 3,788 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
2,635 1,022 131 3,788 307 131 129
  • HTML: 2,635
  • PDF: 1,022
  • XML: 131
  • Total: 3,788
  • Supplement: 307
  • BibTeX: 131
  • EndNote: 129
Views and downloads (calculated since 14 Apr 2020)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 14 Apr 2020)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 3,788 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 3,611 with geography defined and 177 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Latest update: 28 Jun 2025
Download
Short summary
We have proposed and evaluated the use of four benchmarks that leverage tree-ring width observations to provide more nuanced verification targets for land-surface models (LSMs), which currently lack a long-term benchmark for forest ecosystem functioning. Using relatively unbiased European biomass network datasets, we identify the extent to which presumed biases in the much larger International Tree-Ring Data Bank might degrade the validation of LSMs.
Share