Taking off the training wheels: the properties of a dynamic vegetation model without climate envelopes, CLM4.5(ED)

We describe an implementation of the Ecosystem Demography (ED) concept in the Community Land Model. The structure of CLM(ED) and the physiological and structural modifications applied to the CLM are presented. A major motivation of this development is to allow the prediction of biome boundaries dire...

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Main Authors: R. A. Fisher, S. Muszala, M. Verteinstein, P. Lawrence, C. Xu, N. G. McDowell, R. G. Knox, C. Koven, J. Holm, B. M. Rogers, A. Spessa, D. Lawrence, G. Bonan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-11-01
Series:Geoscientific Model Development
Online Access:http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/8/3593/2015/gmd-8-3593-2015.pdf