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Harmonising plant functional type distributions for evaluating Earth system models
Anne Dallmeyer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstrasse 53, 20146 Hamburg,
Germany
Martin Claussen
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstrasse 53, 20146 Hamburg,
Germany
Meteorological Institute, Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und
Nachhaltigkeit (CEN), Universität Hamburg, Bundesstrasse 55, 20146
Hamburg, Germany
Victor Brovkin
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstrasse 53, 20146 Hamburg,
Germany
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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.
A simple but powerful method for the biomisation of plant functional type distributions is...
