A test of an optimal stomatal conductance scheme within the CABLE land surface model

De Kauwe, M. G.; Kala, J.; Lin, Y.-S.; Pitman, A. J.; Medlyn, B. E.; Duursma, R. A.; Abramowitz, G.; Wang, Y.-P.; Miralles, D. G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-431-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-431-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-431-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 2

Development and technical paper

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24 Feb 2015

Development and technical paper |

| 24 Feb 2015

A test of an optimal stomatal conductance scheme within the CABLE land surface model

M. G. De Kauwe, J. Kala, Y.-S. Lin, A. J. Pitman, B. E. Medlyn, R. A. Duursma, G. Abramowitz, Y.-P. Wang, and D. G. Miralles

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RC C2528: 'Review of "A test of an optimal stomatal conductance scheme within the CABLE Land Surface Model" M. G. De Kauwe et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Nov 2014
- AC C2989: 'Response to reviewer 1', Martin De Kauwe, 20 Jan 2015
RC C2545: 'Comments for De Kauwe et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Dec 2014
- AC C2990: 'Response to reviewer 2', Martin De Kauwe, 20 Jan 2015

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Short summary

Stomatal conductance affects the fluxes of carbon, energy and water between the vegetated land surface and the atmosphere. We test an implementation of an optimal stomatal conductance model within the CABLE land surface model (LSM). The new implementation resulted in a large reduction in the annual fluxes of transpiration across evergreen needleleaf, tundra and C4 grass regions. We conclude that optimisation theory can yield a tractable approach to predicting stomatal conductance in LSMs.