The Rainfall Sensitivity of Tropical Net Primary Production in CMIP5 Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Simulations

• Published in: Journal of climate Vol. 28; no. 23; pp. 9313 - 9331
• Main Authors: Negrón-Juárez, Robinson I., Riley, William J., Koven, Charles D., Knox, Ryan G., Taylor, Philip G., Chambers, Jeffrey Q.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston American Meteorological Society 01.12.2015
• Subjects: 21st century; Annual rainfall; Atmosphere; Atmospheric models; Biological fertilization; Carbon; Carbon cycle; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Climate models; Dry season; Ecosystems; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Fertilization; Forest ecology; Forest litter; Forests; Future climates; General circulation models; Intercomparison; Mean annual precipitation; Modeling; Modelling; Models and modeling; Net Primary Productivity; Performance evaluation; Plant physiology; Precipitation; Primary production; Quality control; Rain; Rainfall; Rainforests; Respiration; Seasonal variations; Seasonality; Simulation; Studies; Tropical forests; Tropical rain forests; Vegetation; China, People's Rep., Beijing

In this study, the authors used the relationship between mean annual rainfall (MAR) and net primary production (NPP) (MAR–NPP) observed in tropical forests to evaluate the performance (twentieth century) and predictions (twenty-first century) of tropical NPP from 10 earth system models(ESMs) from ph...