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Model evaluation paper
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Model evaluation paper |
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TROLL 4.0: representing water and carbon fluxes, leaf phenology, and intraspecific trait variation in a mixed-species individual-based forest dynamics model – Part 2: Model evaluation for two Amazonian sites
CIRAD, UPR Forêts et Sociétés, 34398 Montpellier, France
Forêts et Sociétés, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
AMAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, 34000 Montpellier, France
Fabian J. Fischer
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK
James G. C. Ball
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
Nicolas Barbier
AMAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, 34000 Montpellier, France
Marion Boisseaux
Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, BIOGECO, 33612 Pessac, France
Damien Bonal
Université de Lorraine, AgroParisTech, INRAE, UMR Silva, 54000 Nancy, France
Benoit Burban
INRAE, UMR EcoFoG (Agroparistech, Cirad, CNRS, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane), Campus Agronomique, 97310 Kourou, French Guiana
Xiuzhi Chen
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Géraldine Derroire
CIRAD, UPR Forêts et Sociétés, 34398 Montpellier, France
Forêts et Sociétés, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
Cirad, UMR EcoFoG (Agroparistech, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane), Campus Agronomique, 97310 Kourou, French Guiana
Jeremy W. Lichstein
Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
Daniela Nemetschek
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK
Natalia Restrepo-Coupe
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Scott Saleska
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Giacomo Sellan
Cirad, UMR EcoFoG (Agroparistech, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane), Campus Agronomique, 97310 Kourou, French Guiana
Philippe Verley
AMAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, 34000 Montpellier, France
Grégoire Vincent
AMAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, 34000 Montpellier, France
Camille Ziegler
Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, BIOGECO, 33612 Pessac, France
Jérôme Chave
Centre de Recherche Biodiversité et Environnement, UMR5300, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, IRD, INPT, Toulouse CEDEX 9, France
Isabelle Maréchaux
AMAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, 34000 Montpellier, France
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We improved the ORCHIDEE LSM by distinguishing diffuse and direct light in canopy and evaluated the new model with observations from 159 sites. Compared with the old model, the new model has better sunny GPP and reproduced the diffuse light fertilization effect observed at flux sites. Our simulations also indicate different mechanisms causing the observed GPP enhancement under cloudy conditions at different times. The new model has the potential to study large-scale impacts of aerosol changes.
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Short summary
We evaluate the capability of TROLL 4.0, a simulator of forest dynamics, to represent tropical forest structure, diversity, dynamics, and functioning in two Amazonian forests. Evaluation data include forest inventories, carbon and water fluxes between the forest and the atmosphere, and leaf area and canopy height from remote sensing products. The model realistically predicts the structure and composition as well as the seasonality of carbon and water fluxes at both sites.
We evaluate the capability of TROLL 4.0, a simulator of forest dynamics, to represent tropical...
