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Coupled carbon-water exchange of the Amazon rain forest, I. Model description, parameterization and sensitivity analysis |
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E. Simon, F. X. Meixner, L. Ganzeveld, J. Kesselmeier |
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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1726-4170
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In: Biogeosciences ; 2, no. 3 ; Nr. 2, no. 3 (2005-09-08), S.231-253 |
| Datensatznummer |
250000621
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/bg-2-231-2005.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
Detailed one-dimensional multilayer biosphere-atmosphere models, also referred
to as CANVEG models, are used for more than a decade to describe coupled
water-carbon exchange between the terrestrial vegetation and the lower
atmosphere.
Within the present study, a modified CANVEG scheme is described.
A generic parameterization and characterization of biophysical properties of
Amazon rain forest canopies is inferred using available
field measurements of canopy structure, in-canopy
profiles of horizontal wind speed and radiation, canopy albedo, soil heat flux
and soil respiration, photosynthetic capacity and leaf nitrogen as well as leaf
level enclosure measurements made on sunlit and shaded branches of several
Amazonian tree species during the wet and dry season.
The sensitivity of calculated canopy energy and CO2 fluxes to the
uncertainty of individual parameter values is assessed.
In the companion paper, the predicted seasonal exchange of energy, CO2,
ozone and isoprene is compared to observations.
A bi-modal distribution of leaf area density with a total leaf area index of
6 is inferred from several observations in Amazonia.
Predicted light attenuation within the canopy agrees reasonably well with
observations made at different field sites.
A comparison of predicted and observed canopy albedo shows a high model
sensitivity to the leaf optical parameters for near-infrared short-wave
radiation (NIR).
The predictions agree much better with observations when the leaf reflectance and
transmission coefficients for NIR are reduced by 25–40%.
Available vertical distributions of photosynthetic capacity and leaf nitrogen
concentration suggest a low but significant light acclimation of the rain forest canopy
that scales nearly linearly with accumulated leaf area.
Evaluation of the biochemical leaf model, using the enclosure measurements,
showed that recommended parameter values describing the photosynthetic light
response, have to be optimized.
Otherwise, predicted net assimilation is overestimated by 30–50%.
Two stomatal models have been tested, which apply a well established
semi-empirical relationship between stomatal conductance and net
assimilation.
Both models differ in the way they describe the influence of humidity on
stomatal response.
However, they show a very similar performance within the range of
observed environmental conditions.
The agreement between predicted and observed stomatal conductance rates is
reasonable.
In general, the leaf level data suggests seasonal physiological changes, which
can be reproduced reasonably well by assuming increased stomatal conductance rates during the
wet season, and decreased assimilation rates during the dry season.
The sensitivity of the predicted canopy fluxes of energy and CO2 to the
parameterization of canopy structure, the leaf optical parameters, and the
scaling of photosynthetic parameters is relatively low (1–12%), with respect
to parameter uncertainty.
In contrast, modifying leaf model parameters within their uncertainty
range results in much larger changes of the predicted canopy net fluxes
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