Articles | Volume 15, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-335-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-335-2019
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18 Feb 2019
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Harmonising plant functional type distributions for evaluating Earth system models

Anne Dallmeyer, Martin Claussen, and Victor Brovkin

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (07 Nov 2018) by Denis-Didier Rousseau
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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 Jan 2019)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (24 Jan 2019) by Denis-Didier Rousseau
AR by Anne Dallmeyer on behalf of the Authors (01 Feb 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
A simple but powerful method for the biomisation of plant functional type distributions is introduced and tested for six different dynamic global vegetation models based on pre-industrial and palaeo-simulations. The method facilitates the direct comparison between vegetation distributions simulated by different Earth system models and between model results and the pollen-based biome reconstructions. It is therefore a powerful tool for the evaluation of Earth system models.