Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-1019-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-1019-2024
Research article
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06 Aug 2024
Research article |  | 06 Aug 2024

Contrasting responses of vegetation productivity to intraseasonal rainfall in Earth system models

Bethan L. Harris, Tristan Quaife, Christopher M. Taylor, and Phil P. Harris

Data sets

GPM IMERG Final Precipitation L3 1 day 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V06 G. Huffman et al. https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/IMERGDF/DAY/06

MODIS Collection 6 global 8-daily Gross Primary Production (Version 2019_fv0.01) S. Kern https://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.8556

A global moderate resolution dataset of gross primary production of vegetation for 2000-2016 Y. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3789814.v1

Downscaled GOME2 SIF G. Duveiller et al. https://doi.org/10.2905/21935FFC-B797-4BEE-94DA-8FEC85B3F9E1

VODCA2GPP (Version 1.0.0) B. Wild et al. https://doi.org/10.48436/1k7aj-bdz35

ESA Soil Moisture Climate Change Initiative (Soil_Moisture_cci): COMBINED product W. Dorigo et al. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/43d73291472444e6b9c2d2420dbad7d6

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

CNRM-CERFACS CNRM-ESM2-1 model output prepared for CMIP6 CMIP esm-hist, Version 20200715 R. Seferian https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.4003

NCC NorESM2-LM model output prepared for CMIP6 CMIP esm-hist, Version 20200218 Ø Seland et al. https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.7924

MOHC UKESM1.0-LL model output prepared for CMIP6 CMIP esm-hist, Version 20210122 Y. Tang et al. https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.5929

BCC BCC-CSM2MR model output prepared for CMIP6 CMIP esm-hist, Version 20181220 T. Wu et al. https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.2901

CSIRO ACCESS-ESM1.5 model output prepared for CMIP6 CMIP esm-hist, Version 20191128 T. Ziehn et al. https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.4242

Model code and software

cmip6-gpp-isv v2.0 Bethan L. Harris https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11263264

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Short summary
The response of vegetation productivity to rainfall is a crucial process linking the water and carbon cycles and influencing the evolution of the climate system. However, there are many uncertainties in its representation in Earth system models. We show that the vegetation productivity responses to short-term rainfall events are very different between models due to their differing sensitivities to water availability. We also evaluate the models against a range of observational products.
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