Portrait of Will Wieder
Investigator, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) •
• Soil biochemistry • Earth system modeling • Tropical forest ecology
wwieder@ucar.edu

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Global biogeochemical cycles; evaluating and improving Earth System models by incorporating ecological theory and observations.

Education

  • PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: University of Colorado, Boulder, 2011

Publications

For additional publications, see Will's Google Scholar profile.

Nitrogen and vertically resolved land model in JULES

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Wieder W
Publication Date: 2020-08-19
Type: Journal Article

SoDaH: the SOils DAta Harmonization database, an open-source; synthesis of soil data from research networks, version 1.0

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors:
Wieder WR; Pierson D; Earl S; Lajtha K; Baer S; Ballantyne F; Berhe AA; Billings S; Brigham LM; Chacon SS...
  • Wieder WR
  • Pierson D
  • Earl S
  • Lajtha K
  • Baer S
  • Ballantyne F
  • Berhe AA
  • Billings S
  • Brigham LM
  • Chacon SS
Publication Date: 2020-08-11
Type: Journal Article

Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors:
Lehmann J; Hansel CM; Kaiser C; Kleber M; Maher K; Manzoni S; Nunan N; Reichstein M; Schimel JP; Torn MS...
  • Lehmann J
  • Hansel CM
  • Kaiser C
  • Kleber M
  • Maher K
  • Manzoni S
  • Nunan N
  • Reichstein M
  • Schimel JP
  • Torn MS
Published in: Nature Geoscience
Publication Date: 2020-08-01
Type: Journal Article

Simulating Agriculture in the Community Land Model Version 5

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Lombardozzi DL; Lu Y; Lawrence PJ; Lawrence DM; Swenson S; Oleson KW; Wieder WR; Ainsworth EA
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Publication Date: 2020-08-01
Type: Journal Article

Microbial dynamics and soil physicochemical properties explain large-scale variations in soil organic carbon

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors:
Zhang H; Goll DS; Wang Y-P; Ciais P; Wieder WR; Abramoff R; Huang Y; Guenet B; Prescher A-K; Rossel RAV...
  • Zhang H
  • Goll DS
  • Wang Y-P
  • Ciais P
  • Wieder WR
  • Abramoff R
  • Huang Y
  • Guenet B
  • Prescher A-K
  • Rossel RAV
Published in: Global Change Biology
Publication Date: 2020-04-01
Type: Journal Article

Leveraging the signature of heterotrophic respiration on atmospheric CO2 for model benchmarking

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Basile SJ; Lin X; Wieder WR; Hartman MD; Keppel-Aleks G
Published in: Biogeosciences
Publication Date: 2020-03-13
Type: Journal Article

The role of physical properties in controlling soil nitrogen cycling across a tundra-forest ecotone of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA

CU Boulder Authors: Hinckley, Eve-Lyn; Wieder, Will
All Authors: Chen Y; Wieder WR; Hermes AL; Hinckley E-LS
Published in: Catena
Publication Date: 2020-03-01
Type: Journal Article

Arctic Soil Governs Whether Climate Change Drives Global Losses or Gains in Soil Carbon

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Wieder WR; Sulman BN; Hartman MD; Koven CD; Bradford MA
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
Publication Date: 2019-12-28
Type: Journal Article

Supplementary material to "Stoichiometrically coupled carbon and nitrogen cycling in the MIcrobial-MIneral Carbon Stabilization model (MIMICS-CN)"

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Kyker-Snowman E; Wieder WR; Frey S; Grandy AS
Publication Date: 2019-12-19
Type: Journal Article

Stoichiometrically coupled carbon and nitrogen cycling in the MIcrobial-MIneral Carbon Stabilization model (MIMICS-CN)

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Kyker-Snowman E; Wieder WR; Frey S; Grandy AS
Publication Date: 2019-12-19
Type: Journal Article

The Community Land Model Version 5: Description of New Features, Benchmarking, and Impact of Forcing Uncertainty

CU Boulder Authors: Burns, Sean; Lenaerts, Jan; Wieder, Will
All Authors:
Lawrence DM; Fisher RA; Koven CD; Oleson KW; Swenson SC; Bonan G; Collier N; Ghimire B; van Kampenhout L; Kennedy D...
  • Lawrence DM
  • Fisher RA
  • Koven CD
  • Oleson KW
  • Swenson SC
  • Bonan G
  • Collier N
  • Ghimire B
  • van Kampenhout L
  • Kennedy D
Published in: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Publication Date: 2019-12-01
Type: Journal Article

Jena soil model review

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Wieder W
Publication Date: 2019-11-05
Type: Journal Article

The landscape of soil carbon data: emerging questions, synergies and databases

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors:
Malhotra A; Todd-Brown K; Nave LE; Batjes NH; Holmquist JR; Hoyt AM; Iversen CM; Jackson RB; Lajtha K; Lawrence C...
  • Malhotra A
  • Todd-Brown K
  • Nave LE
  • Batjes NH
  • Holmquist JR
  • Hoyt AM
  • Iversen CM
  • Jackson RB
  • Lajtha K
  • Lawrence C
Published in: Progress in Physical Geography: an international review of geographical work in the natural and environmental sciences
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Type: Journal Article

Model Structure and Climate Data Uncertainty in Historical Simulations of the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle (1850-2014)

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Bonan GB; Lombardozzi DL; Wieder WR; Oleson KW; Lawrence DM; Hoffman FM; Collier N
Published in: Global Biogeochemical Cycles: an international journal of global change
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Type: Journal Article

Beyond Static Benchmarking: Using Experimental Manipulations to Evaluate Land Model Assumptions

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors:
Wieder WR; Lawrence DM; Fisher RA; Bonan GB; Cheng SJ; Goodale CL; Grandy AS; Koven CD; Lombardozzi DL; Oleson KW...
  • Wieder WR
  • Lawrence DM
  • Fisher RA
  • Bonan GB
  • Cheng SJ
  • Goodale CL
  • Grandy AS
  • Koven CD
  • Lombardozzi DL
  • Oleson KW
Published in: Global Biogeochemical Cycles: an international journal of global change
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Type: Journal Article

An improved mechanistic model for ammonia volatilization in Earth system models: Flow of Agricultural Nitrogen version 2 (FANv2)

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Vira J; Hess P; Melkonian J; Wieder WR
Published in: Geoscientific Model Development
Publication Date: 2019-09-24
Type: Journal Article

Parametric Controls on Vegetation Responses to Biogeochemical Forcing in the CLM5

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors:
Fisher RA; Wieder WR; Sanderson BM; Koven CD; Oleson KW; Xu C; Fisher JB; Shi M; Walker AP; Lawrence DM...
  • Fisher RA
  • Wieder WR
  • Sanderson BM
  • Koven CD
  • Oleson KW
  • Xu C
  • Fisher JB
  • Shi M
  • Walker AP
  • Lawrence DM
Published in: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Publication Date: 2019-09-01
Type: Journal Article

Supplementary material to "An improved mechanistic model for ammonia volatilization in Earth system models: Flow of Agricultural Nitrogen, version 2 (FANv2)"

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Vira J; Hess P; Melkonian J; Wieder WR
Publication Date: 2019-08-27
Type: Journal Article

An improved mechanistic model for ammonia volatilization in Earth system models: Flow of Agricultural Nitrogen, version 2 (FANv2)

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Vira J; Hess P; Melkonian J; Wieder WR
Publication Date: 2019-08-27
Type: Journal Article

Decadal fates and impacts of nitrogen additions on temperate forest carbon storage: a data-model comparison

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors:
Cheng SJ; Hess PG; Wieder WR; Thomas RQ; Nadelhoffer KJ; Vira J; Lombardozzi DL; Gundersen P; Fernandez IJ; Schleppi P...
  • Cheng SJ
  • Hess PG
  • Wieder WR
  • Thomas RQ
  • Nadelhoffer KJ
  • Vira J
  • Lombardozzi DL
  • Gundersen P
  • Fernandez IJ
  • Schleppi P
Published in: Biogeosciences
Publication Date: 2019-07-16
Type: Journal Article

Leveraging the signature of heterotrophic respiration on atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> for model benchmarking

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Basile SJ; Lin X; Wieder WR; Hartman MD; Keppel-Aleks G
Publication Date: 2019-07-15
Type: Journal Article

Supplementary material to "Leveraging the signature of heterotrophic respiration on atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> for model benchmarking"

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Basile SJ; Lin X; Wieder WR; Hartman MD; Keppel-Aleks G
Publication Date: 2019-07-15
Type: Journal Article

Leveraging Environmental Research and Observation Networks to Advance Soil Carbon Science

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors:
Weintraub SR; Flores AN; Wieder WR; Sihi D; Cagnarini C; Potma Goncalves DR; Young MH; Li L; Olshansky Y; Baatz R...
  • Weintraub SR
  • Flores AN
  • Wieder WR
  • Sihi D
  • Cagnarini C
  • Potma Goncalves DR
  • Young MH
  • Li L
  • Olshansky Y
  • Baatz R
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Publication Date: 2019-05-01
Type: Journal Article

Greater stem growth, woody allocation, and aboveground biomass in Paleotropical forests than in Neotropical forests

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors: Taylor PG; Cleveland CC; Soper F; Wieder WR; Dobrowski SZ; Doughty CE; Townsend AR
Published in: Ecology
Publication Date: 2019-03-01
Type: Journal Article

Supplementary material to "Decadal impacts of nitrogen additions on temperate forest carbon sinks: A data-model comparison"

CU Boulder Authors: Wieder, Will
All Authors:
Cheng SJ; Hess PG; Wieder WR; Thomas RQ; Nadelhoffer KJ; Vira J; Lombardozzi DL; Gundersen P; Fernandez IJ; Schleppi P...
  • Cheng SJ
  • Hess PG
  • Wieder WR
  • Thomas RQ
  • Nadelhoffer KJ
  • Vira J
  • Lombardozzi DL
  • Gundersen P
  • Fernandez IJ
  • Schleppi P
Publication Date: 2018-12-19
Type: Journal Article

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