Multi-scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project - MsTMIP

Introduction

The MsTMIP is a formal multi-scale synthesis, with prescribed environmental and meteorological drivers shared among model teams, and simulations standardized to facilitate comparison with other model results and observations through an integrated evaluation framework.

Phase I:
The goal of MsTMIP Phase 1 was to quantify the contribution of model structural differences to variability across model estimates of land-atmosphere carbon exchange, thus providing the critical synthesis, benchmarking, evaluation, and feedback needed to improve the current state of the art in carbon cycle modeling.

Phase II:
During MsTMIP Phase 2, we will continue to mine of MsTMIP simulations for new types of information (i.e. state of physical environment, response to extremes), and enable a series of predictive/forecasting simulations that use climate and emission scenarios defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the CMIP5 model intercomparsion.

Principal Investigator

• Deborah Huntzinger

Access MsTMIP Global Model Outputs

• Huntzinger, D.N., C.R. Schwalm, Y. Wei, R. Shrestha, R.B. Cook, A.M. Michalak, K.V.R. Schafer, A.R. Jacobson, M.A. Arain, P. Ciais, B.D. Fisher, H. Kolus, M. Sikka, Y. Elshorbany, D.J. Hayes, M. Huang, S. Huang, A. Ito, A.K. Jain, H. Lei, C. Lu, F. Maignan, J. Mao, N.C. Parazoo, C. Peng, S. Peng, B. Poulter, D.M. Ricciuto, H. Tian, X. Shi, W. Wang, N. Zeng, F. Zhao, Q. Zhu, J. Yang, and B. Tao. 2021. NACP MsTMIP: Global 0.5-degree Model Outputs in Standard Format, Version 2.0. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1599

• Huntzinger, D.N., C.R. Schwalm, Y. Wei, R.B. Cook, A.M. Michalak, K. Schaefer, A.R. Jacobson, M.A. Arain, P. Ciais, J.B. Fisher, D.J. Hayes, M. Huang, S. Huang, A. Ito, A.K. Jain, H. Lei, C. Lu, F. Maignan, J. Mao, N. Parazoo, C. Peng, S. Peng, B. Poulter, D.M. Ricciuto, H. Tian, Xiaoying Shi, W. Wang, N. Zeng, F. Zhao, Q. Zhu, J. Yang, and B. Tao. 2016. NACP MsTMIP: Global 0.5-deg Terrestrial Biosphere Model Outputs (version 1) in Standard Format. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1225