Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models for their response to climate variability and to CO 2 trends
Chinese Academy of Sciences · Peking University · +18 more institutions
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate 10 process-based terrestrial biosphere models that were used for the IPCC fifth Assessment Report. The simulated gross primary productivity (GPP) is compared with flux-tower-based estimates by Jung et al. [Journal of Geophysical Research 116 (2011) G00J07] (JU11). The net primary productivity (NPP) apparent sensitivity to climate variability and atmospheric CO2 trends is diagnosed from each model output, using statistical functions. The temperature sensitivity is compared against ecosystem field warming experiments results. The CO2 sensitivity of NPP is compared to the results from four Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) experiments. The simulated global net biome…
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Authors
27- SPShilong PiaoCorresponding
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
- SSStephen Sitch
University of Exeter
- PCPhilippe Ciais
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
- PFPierre Friedlingstein
University of Exeter
- PPPhilippe Peylin
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
Topics & keywords
- Primary production
- Environmental science
- Biosphere
- Biome
- Atmospheric sciences
- Carbon sink
- Carbon cycle
- Climate change