Model Overview
| Model | VEMAP 1: Selected Model Results |
| DOI | 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/731 |
| Release date | 2004-09-27 |
| Project | Vegetation-Ecosystem Modeling & Analysis |
| Time Period | 2000-01-01 |
Description
The Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) was a multi-institutional, international effort addressing the response of biogeography and biogeochemistry to environmental variability in climate and other drivers in both space and time domains. The objectives of VEMAP are the intercomparison of biogeochemistry models and vegetation type distribution models (biogeography models) and determination of their sensitivity to changing climate, elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, and other sources of altered forcing.Selected variable output results from the VEMAP Phase I modeling exercise are now available for several combinations of biogeochemistry and biogeography models and climate change scenarios through the ORNL DAAC. For a description of the models and climate scenarios employed in the VEMAP 1 project and a discussion of the results please refer to the following publication: VEMAP Members. 1995. Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project: Comparing biogeography and biogeochemistry models in a continental-scale study of terrestrial ecosystem responses to climate change and CO2 doubling. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 9:407-437.
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Project
Vegetation-Ecosystem Modeling & Analysis: A multi-institutional, international effort whose goal is to evaluate the sensitivity of terrestrial ecosystem and vegetation processes to altered climate forcing and elevated atmospheric CO2. Phase 1 of the VEMAP project developed a model database of climate, soils, and vegetation compatible with the requirements of three ecosystem physiology models and three vegetation lifeform distribution models. Phase 2 developed a historical (1895-1994) gridded data set of climate (temperature, precipitation, solar radiation, humidity, and wind speed) and transient climate change scenarios based on coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM experiments, such as those with elevated greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosols.
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- vemap1_results_guide.pdf
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| Model File (Granule) | File Size | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| bgc-results.tar.gz | 909.2 KB | 2000-01-01 - 2000-12-31 |
| biome2-results.tar.gz | 16.6 KB | 2000-01-01 - 2000-12-31 |
| century-results.tar.gz | 1.3 MB | 2000-01-01 - 2000-12-31 |
| doly-results.tar.gz | 16.1 KB | 2000-01-01 - 2000-12-31 |
| mapss-results.tar.gz | 70.0 KB | 2000-01-01 - 2000-12-31 |
| tem-results.tar.gz | 926.0 KB | 2000-01-01 - 2000-12-31 |
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