A global scale mechanistic model of photosynthetic capacity (LUNA V1.0)

Ali, A. A.; Xu, C.; Rogers, A.; Fisher, R. A.; Wullschleger, S. D.; Massoud, E. C.; Vrugt, J. A.; Muss, J. D.; McDowell, N. G.; Fisher, J. B.; Reich, P. B.; Wilson, C. J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-587-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-587-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-587-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Model description paper

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12 Feb 2016

Model description paper |

| 12 Feb 2016

A global scale mechanistic model of photosynthetic capacity (LUNA V1.0)

A. A. Ali, C. Xu, A. Rogers, R. A. Fisher, S. D. Wullschleger, E. C. Massoud, J. A. Vrugt, J. D. Muss, N. G. McDowell, J. B. Fisher, P. B. Reich, and C. J. Wilson

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SC C1681: 'Executive Editor Comment on "A global scale mechanistic model of the photosynthetic capacity"', Astrid Kerkweg, 12 Aug 2015
- AC C3322: 'GMD requirements', Chonggang Xu, 12 Dec 2015
RC C1892: 'Review of A.A. Ali et al 2015', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Sep 2015
- SC C2440: 'Temperature acclimation', Chonggang Xu, 08 Oct 2015
- AC C3323: 'temperature response functions', Chonggang Xu, 12 Dec 2015
SC C2218: 'Optimization of net carbon gain reduces net carbon gain: an apparently absurd conclusion', Iain Colin Prentice, 27 Sep 2015
- SC C2239: 'Conditional optimization on leaf nitrogen allocation in LUNA', Chonggang Xu, 28 Sep 2015
- AC C3324: 'Conditional optimization', Chonggang Xu, 12 Dec 2015
RC C2826: 'Comments on Ali et al. A global scale mechanistic model of the photosynthetic capacity', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Nov 2015
- AC C3325: 'model inputs', Chonggang Xu, 12 Dec 2015

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Chonggang Xu on behalf of the Authors (12 Dec 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Jan 2016) by Gerd A. Folberth

AR by Chonggang Xu on behalf of the Authors (16 Jan 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

We have developed a mechanistic model of leaf utilization of nitrogen for assimilation (LUNA V1.0) to predict the photosynthetic capacities at the global scale based on the optimization of key leaf-level metabolic processes. LUNA model predicts that future climatic changes would mostly affect plant photosynthetic capabilities in high-latitude regions and that Earth system models using fixed photosynthetic capabilities are likely to substantially overestimate future global photosynthesis.