ECAW-ISO:
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE EXCHANGES OF CARBON AND WATER BETWEEN THE VEGETATION AND THE ATMOSPHERE: NEW INSIGHTS FROM ANALYSIS AND MODELLING OF STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE DATA
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MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP, EU MSC ACTIONS
GRANT NO: 838739
ā¬212,934 (2019-2021)
This project aims at developing the use of carbon isotopes (13C) in terrestrial biosphere modelling to better understand and predict terrestrial carbon and water cycling and to evaluate their representation in models. We perform a detailed investigation of the influences on discrimination against 13C during photosynthesis and their representation on various scales in the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) model, which forms the land component of the UK Earth System Model, and implement the resulting discrimination model in JULES.
This project contribute to the establishment of an improved theoretical and empirical basis for next-generation land surface modelling, and address key uncertainties including the magnitude of changes in carbon and water cycling, which are requested by policy makers.
Two articles have been published in Global Change Biology related to the project.