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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-6267-2023
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Development and technical paper
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07 Nov 2023
Development and technical paper |
| 07 Nov 2023
| 07 Nov 2023
Quantification of hydraulic trait control on plant hydrodynamics and risk of hydraulic failure within a demographic structured vegetation model in a tropical forest (FATES–HYDRO V1.0)
Chonggang Xu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Bradley Christoffersen
School of Integrative Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA
Zachary Robbins
Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Ryan Knox
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Rosie A. Fisher
Climate system group, CICERO Centre for International Climate Research, Oslo, Norway
Rutuja Chitra-Tarak
Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Martijn Slot
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Ancón, Balboa, Republic of Panama
Kurt Solander
Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Lara Kueppers
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Charles Koven
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Nate McDowell
Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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We introduce a plant hydrodynamic model for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-sponsored model, the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES). To better understand this new model system and its functionality in tropical forest ecosystems, we conducted a global parameter sensitivity analysis at Barro Colorado Island, Panama. We identified the key parameters that affect the simulated plant hydrodynamics to guide both modeling and field campaign studies.
We introduce a plant hydrodynamic model for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-sponsored model,...
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