Vegetation Type for the North America Simulated for Historical data for the years 1961-1990 by the MC1 Model (VINCERA version; Low CO2 Efficiency; Unsuppressed Fires)

Jan 4, 2012
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These results come from the VINCERA version of MC1. MC1 is a dynamic vegetation model for estimating the distribution of vegetation and associated ecosystem fluxes of carbon, nutrients, and water. It was created to assess the potential impacts of global climate change on ecosystem structure and function at a wide range of spatial scales from landscape to global. The model incorporates transient dynamics to make predictions about the patterns of ecological change. MC1 was created by combining physiologically based biogeographic rules defined in the MAPSS model with a modified version of the biogeochemical model, CENTURY. MC1 includes a fire module, MCFIRE, that mechanistically simulates the occurrence and impacts of fire events.
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US Forest Service. PNW Research Station
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Modal value from 1961-1999 model outputs.
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Price, D.T. and D. Scott. 2006. The Vincera project: vulnerability and impacts of North American forests to climate change: ecosystem responses and adaptation.
Price, D.T., D.W. McKenney, P. Papadopol, T. Logan, M. F. Hutchinson. High resolution future scenario climate data for North America. [Describes the climate data creation for the same domain, but at a different grid resolution from the VINCERA grid. Same methods were used for VINCERA.]
Bachelet, D., J. Lenihan, R. Drapek, R. Neilson. 2008. VEMAP vs VINCERA: A DGVM sensitivity to differences in climate scenarios. Global and Planetary Change 64:38-48.
 
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0.5 (degree)
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PNW Research Station. 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
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vegetation type, vincera, usa, canada, north america
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Raymond Drapek
Biologist / GIS Specialist with USDA Forest Service / PNW Research Lab

Work as a data processor for a dynamic vegetation model (MC1). Work with geospatial climate data (precip, temperature, vapor pressure), and ecosystem parameters (various carbon pools, runoff, transpiration, fire, vegetation classes). Work with historical data and with future climate scenarios. Do...