Comprehensive ecosystem model‐data synthesis using multiple data sets at two temperate forest free‐air CO2 enrichment experiments: Model performance at ambient CO2 concentration

Abstract Free‐air CO 2 enrichment (FACE) experiments provide a remarkable wealth of data which can be used to evaluate and improve terrestrial ecosystem models (TEMs). In the FACE model‐data synthesis project, 11 TEMs were applied to two decadelong FACE experiments in temperate forests of the southeastern U.S.—the evergreen Duke Forest and the deciduous Oak Ridge Forest. In this baseline paper, we demonstrate our approach to model‐data …