Articles | Volume 11, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1517-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1517-2018
Model description paper
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17 Apr 2018
Model description paper |  | 17 Apr 2018

Assimilating solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence into the terrestrial biosphere model BETHY-SCOPE v1.0: model description and information content

Alexander J. Norton, Peter J. Rayner, Ernest N. Koffi, and Marko Scholze

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AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (21 Aug 2017)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Sep 2017) by Tomomichi Kato
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 Sep 2017)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (05 Oct 2017) by Tomomichi Kato
AR by Alexander Norton on behalf of the Authors (17 Nov 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Nov 2017) by Tomomichi Kato
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (03 Dec 2017)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (08 Dec 2017) by Tomomichi Kato
AR by Alexander Norton on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (01 Mar 2018) by Tomomichi Kato
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Short summary
It is difficult to estimate how much CO2 plants absorb via photosynthesis and even more difficult to model this for the whole globe. Here, we present a framework to combine a new satellite measurement "solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence" with a global photosynthesis model. We then quantify how this new measurement constrains model uncertainties and find highly effective constraint. These results pave a novel pathway for improving estimates and modelling abilities of photosynthesis globally.