Improving simulated spatial distribution of productivity and biomass in Amazon forests using the ACME land model

Xiaojuan Yang1, Peter E Thornton2, Daniel M Ricciuto1, Xiaoying Shi3, Dr. Min Xu3, Forrest M Hoffman, PhD4 and Richard J Norby5, (1)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (2)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, United States, (3)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, United States, (4)Computational Earth Sciences Group and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, United States, (5)Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, United States