Improving constraints on biospheric feedbacks in Earth system models (GREENCYCLESII)
Improving constraints on biospheric feedbacks in Earth system models (GREENCYCLESII)
Editor(s): A. Friend, P. Cox , A. J. Dolman, M. Vogt, L. Bopp, and V. Brovkin
Increasing concentrations of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) are known to be causing changes in global climate patterns, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Our ability to predict future climatic states is still limited for a variety of reasons. Key among these reasons is our understanding of the coupled behaviour of the components of the Earth system. A research training programme GREENCYLCEII has scientific focus on the evaluation, improvement, and application of a range of different Earth System models (ESMs). This special issue brings together manuscripts from a range of GREENCYLCEII projects, broadly classed into data and model benchmarking, marine processes, terrestrial processes, high latitude feedbacks, and coupled modelling.

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29 Jan 2015
Global analysis of radiative forcing from fire-induced shortwave albedo change
G. López-Saldaña, I. Bistinas, and J. M. C. Pereira
Biogeosciences, 12, 557–565, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-557-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-557-2015, 2015
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13 Nov 2014
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C. T. Chang, S. Sabaté, D. Sperlich, S. Poblador, F. Sabater, and C. Gracia
Biogeosciences, 11, 6173–6185, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6173-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6173-2014, 2014
05 Nov 2014
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Biogeosciences, 11, 6017–6027, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6017-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6017-2014, 2014
20 Oct 2014
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Biogeosciences, 11, 5809–5826, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5809-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5809-2014, 2014
16 Oct 2014
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D. Sperlich, C. T. Chang, J. Peñuelas, C. Gracia, and S. Sabaté
Biogeosciences, 11, 5657–5674, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5657-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5657-2014, 2014
22 Sep 2014
Causal relationships versus emergent patterns in the global controls of fire frequency
I. Bistinas, S. P. Harrison, I. C. Prentice, and J. M. C. Pereira
Biogeosciences, 11, 5087–5101, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5087-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5087-2014, 2014
03 Jan 2014
Asymmetry and uncertainties in biogeophysical climate–vegetation feedback over a range of CO2 forcings
M. Willeit, A. Ganopolski, and G. Feulner
Biogeosciences, 11, 17–32, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-17-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-17-2014, 2014
16 Dec 2013
Evaluation of biospheric components in Earth system models using modern and palaeo-observations: the state-of-the-art
A. M. Foley, D. Dalmonech, A. D. Friend, F. Aires, A. T. Archibald, P. Bartlein, L. Bopp, J. Chappellaz, P. Cox, N. R. Edwards, G. Feulner, P. Friedlingstein, S. P. Harrison, P. O. Hopcroft, C. D. Jones, J. Kolassa, J. G. Levine, I. C. Prentice, J. Pyle, N. Vázquez Riveiros, E. W. Wolff, and S. Zaehle
Biogeosciences, 10, 8305–8328, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-8305-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-8305-2013, 2013
29 Nov 2013
A neural network-based estimate of the seasonal to inter-annual variability of the Atlantic Ocean carbon sink
P. Landschützer, N. Gruber, D. C. E. Bakker, U. Schuster, S. Nakaoka, M. R. Payne, T. P. Sasse, and J. Zeng
Biogeosciences, 10, 7793–7815, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7793-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7793-2013, 2013
18 Nov 2013
Long-term trends in ocean plankton production and particle export between 1960–2006
C. Laufkötter, M. Vogt, and N. Gruber
Biogeosciences, 10, 7373–7393, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7373-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7373-2013, 2013
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