Using Dynamic Vegetation Modeling to Explore Boreal Forest Canopy-cover Shifts Under Water Stress and Changing Climate

Jennifer A. Holm1, William J Riley1, Ryan G Knox2, Gautam Bisht3, Chonggang Xu4, Daniel M Ricciuto5, Khachik Sargsyan6, Bradley Christoffersen7 and Charlie Koven8, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (4)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (5)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (6)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (7)University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, United States, (8)Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,, Berkeley, CA, United States