The assessment of a global marine ecosystem model on the basis of emergent properties and ecosystem function: a case study with ERSEM

de Mora, L.; Butenschön, M.; Allen, J. I.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-59-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-59-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-59-2016

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

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Methods for assessment of models

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15 Jan 2016

Methods for assessment of models |

| 15 Jan 2016

The assessment of a global marine ecosystem model on the basis of emergent properties and ecosystem function: a case study with ERSEM

L. de Mora, M. Butenschön, and J. I. Allen

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SC C1677: 'Executive Editor Comment', Astrid Kerkweg, 12 Aug 2015
RC C2523: 'Good examples used to make a compelling case, but somewhat over-sold in the current manuscript.', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Oct 2015
RC C2531: 'An excellent paper that will be an important resource for others', Barbara Robson, 19 Oct 2015
RC C2567: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 21 Oct 2015
EC C2585: 'Editor comment', Julia Hargreaves, 21 Oct 2015
AC C2928: 'Responce to referee comments', Lee de Mora, 17 Nov 2015
- EC C2935: 'A quick comment on graphics', Julia Hargreaves, 17 Nov 2015

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

AR by Lee de Mora on behalf of the Authors (07 Dec 2015) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (11 Dec 2015) by Julia Hargreaves

AR by Lee de Mora on behalf of the Authors (16 Dec 2015) Manuscript

Short summary

To use models to inform policy or to forecast the impact of climate change, the model must first be shown to be a valid representation of the ecosystem. Here we show an novel method to validate a marine model using its ability to represent ecosystem function. These relationships are the community structure, the carbon to chlorophyll ratio and the stoichiometric balance of the ecosystem. These methods are powerful, valid over large spatial scales and independent of the circulation model.