Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5107-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5107-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
Development and technical paper
 | 
05 Jul 2022
Development and technical paper |  | 05 Jul 2022

The impact of hurricane disturbances on a tropical forest: implementing a palm plant functional type and hurricane disturbance module in ED2-HuDi V1.0

Jiaying Zhang, Rafael L. Bras, Marcos Longo, and Tamara Heartsill Scalley

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5107-2022-supplement

Data sets

Tree censuses at Bisley Experimental Watersheds before and after Hurricane Hugo Jiaying Zhang, Tamara Heartsill Scalley, and Rafael L. Bras https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0025

Tree census at Bisley Experimental Watersheds three months after Hurricane Maria Jiaying Zhang, Rafael L. Bras, and Tamara Heartsill Scalley https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2020-0012

Model code and software

ED2 model with hurricane disturbance and a new tropical palm PFT (ED2-HuDi v1.0) Jiaying Zhang, Rafael L. Bras, Marcos Longo, and Tamara Heartsill Scalley https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5565063

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Short summary
We implemented hurricane disturbance in a vegetation dynamics model and calibrated the model with observations of a tropical forest. We used the model to study forest recovery from hurricane disturbance and found that a single hurricane disturbance enhances AGB and BA in the long term compared with a no-hurricane situation. The model developed and results presented in this study can be utilized to understand the impact of hurricane disturbances on forest recovery under the changing climate.
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