An improved land biosphere module for use in the DCESS Earth system model (version 1.1) with application to the last glacial termination

Eichinger, Roland; Shaffer, Gary; Albarrán, Nelson; Rojas, Maisa; Lambert, Fabrice

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3481-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3481-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3481-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 9

Development and technical paper

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22 Sep 2017

Development and technical paper |

| 22 Sep 2017

An improved land biosphere module for use in the DCESS Earth system model (version 1.1) with application to the last glacial termination

Roland Eichinger, Gary Shaffer, Nelson Albarrán, Maisa Rojas, and Fabrice Lambert

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SC1: 'Executive Editor Comment on "An improved land biosphere module for use in reduced complexity Earth System Models with application to the last glacial termination"', Astrid Kerkweg, 20 Jan 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to comment 1', Roland Eichinger, 17 Apr 2017
SC2: 'Oversimplified treatment of permafrost carbon', Katherine Crichton, 24 Jan 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to K. Crichtons comment', Roland Eichinger, 17 Apr 2017
RC1: 'Appreciate the work and improvment with simple/intermediate complex Earth system models', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Mar 2017
- AC3: 'Reply to Ref 1', Roland Eichinger, 17 Apr 2017
RC2: 'Review of Eichinger et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Mar 2017
- AC4: 'Reply to ref 2', Roland Eichinger, 17 Apr 2017

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

AR by Roland Eichinger on behalf of the Authors (21 Jun 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Jul 2017) by David Lawrence

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (23 Jul 2017)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (26 Jul 2017) by David Lawrence

AR by Roland Eichinger on behalf of the Authors (15 Aug 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Aug 2017) by David Lawrence

AR by Roland Eichinger on behalf of the Authors (21 Aug 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We reformulate the land biosphere of the reduced-complexity DCESS model by introducing three vegetation types and relating their latitudinal borders to global temperature change. This enhancement yields more realistic estimates of biosphere carbon cycling for cold conditions like the Last Glacial Maximum. As a first application we conduct transient simulations across the last glacial termination to estimate the importance of different processes on temperature, pCO₂ and carbon isotope ratios.