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MsTMIP Environmental Drivers


Introduction

To ensure consistent and comparable model results, the MsTMIP has assembled benchmark reference driver data sets, including standard weather drivers, remotely sensed phenology, biome classification, land-use history, and disturbance for use by all participating modeling teams. Table 1 describes the categories and attributes of environmental drivers.

List of environmental driver data

Category Name Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Temporal Period Temporal Resolution Selected Variables
Climate CRU-NCEP Global 0.5° 1901-2010 6-hourly incoming longwave / shortwave radiation, air humidity, pressure, precipitation, temperature, wind speed
NARR NA 0.25° 1979-2010 3-hourly
CO2 Enhanced GlobalView Global, NA 0.5°, 0.25° 1700-2010 monthly CO2 concentration
Biome SYNMAP Global, NA 0.5°, 0.25° one time (~2000) one time dominant biome, biome fraction
Nitrogen Deposition Enhanced Dentener Global, NA 0.5°, 0.25° 1860-2050 yearly NHx-N Deposition, NOy-N Deposition
Soil HWSD v1.1 Global 0.5° one time one time soil layers, dominant soil type, clay/sand/silt fraction, pH, organic carbon, cation exchange capacity of the clay fraction, reference bulk density
STATSGO (US) + SLC v2.2&3.2 (CA) + HWSD v1.1 (MX) NA 0.25° one time one time
Land Use Change Hurtt’s + SYNMAP Global, NA 0.5°, 0.25° 1700-2010 yearly land use state maps based on SYNMAP land cover types
Phenology GIMMSg Global, NA 0.5°, 0.25° 1700-2010 monthly LAI, NDVI, fPAR consistent with Hurtt's+SYNMAP Land Use Change

References

  • Publications
    1. Wei, Y., Liu, S., Huntzinger, D. N., Michalak, A. M., Viovy, N., Post, W. M., Schwalm, C. R., Schaefer, K., Jacobson, A. R., Lu, C., Tian, H., Ricciuto, D. M., Cook, R. B., Mao, J., and Shi, X. (2014). The North American Carbon Program Multi-scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project: Part 2 - Environmental Driver Data. Geoscientific Model Development, 7, 2875-2893, doi:10.5194/gmd-7-2875-2014.
  • Data sets
    1. Wei, Y., S. Liu, D. Huntzinger, A.M. Michalak, N. Viovy, W.M. Post, C. Schwalm, K. Schaefer, A.R. Jacobson, C. Lu, H. Tian, D.M. Ricciuto, R.B. Cook, J. Mao, and X. Shi. (2014). NACP MsTMIP: Global and North American Driver Data for Multi-Model Intercomparison. Data set. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1220.
    2. Liu, S., Y. Wei, W.M. Post, R.B. Cook, K. Schaefer, and M.M. Thornton (2014). NACP MsTMIP: Unified North American Soil Map. Data set. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1242.
 
 
 

MsTMIP is funded by NASA's Terrestrial Ecology Program (Phase 1 funded by NASA Grant NNX11AO08A and Phase II by NASA Grant NNX14AI54G). During Phase 1, data management for MsMTIP was conducted by MAST-DC, with funding from NASA's Terrestrial Ecology Program (NASA Grant NNH10AN68I). This is a contribution of the North American Carbon Program.

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