ARCSS162
Model Output Assessing Net Carbon Exchange Across the Arctic Tundra-Boreal Forest Transition in Alaska, 1981-2000
F. Stuart Chapin
Model Output Assessing Net Carbon Exchange Across the Arctic Tundra-Boreal Forest Transition in Alaska, 1981-2000
2007-03-14
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/arcss162.html
Investigator
F. Stuart (Terry)
Chapin III
Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks
AK
99775
Investigator
Thomas
E.
Osterkamp
tomeo@yhti.net
1 907 474-7548
1 907 474-7290
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Geophysical Institute
Fairbanks
AK
99775-7320
USA
Investigator
Vladimir
Romanovsky
veromanovsky@alaska.edu
1 907 474-7548
1 907 474-7290
University of Alaska
Geophysical Institute
Fairbanks
AK
99775
USA
Investigator
A.
Dave
McGuire
ffadm@uaf.edu
1 907 474-6242
1 907 474-6716
Department of Biology and Wildlife
University of Alaska Fairbanks
216 Irving, I Building
Fairbanks
AK
99775
Technical Contact
NSIDC
User Services
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
EARTH SCIENCE
Biosphere
Ecological Dynamics
Nutrient Cycling
Net Ecosystem Production
EARTH SCIENCE
Biosphere
Ecological Dynamics
Nutrient Cycling
Net Primary Production
EARTH SCIENCE
Biosphere
Ecological Dynamics
Respiration
Heterotrophic Respiration
Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Alaska
Alaskan North Slope
ARCSS162
Boreal Forest
Carbon Cycle
Carbon Flux
Heterotrophic Respiration
Modeling
NEP
Net Ecosystem Productivity
Net Primary Production
nitrogen flux
NPP
OPP-9732126
Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM)
Terrestrial Ecosystems
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
MODELS
1981-01-01
2000-12-31
complete
65.5
69
-167.5
-141.5
CONTINENT
NORTH AMERICA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ALASKA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
ARCTIC
0.5 deg
0.5 deg
1 mon
Please refer to Thompson et al. 2005 for quality assessment information.
English
ARCSS/ADCC
NSIDC_ARCSS
NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
http://nsidc.org/arcss/
Data Center Contact
NSIDC ARCSS
User Services
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1 303 492-6199
1 303 492-2468
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
FTP
2.43 MB
Microsoft Excel
Muller, S. V., A. E. Racoviteanu, and D. A. Walker. 1999. Landsat MSS-derived land-cover map of northern Alaska: extrapolation methods and a comparison with photo-interpreted and AVHRR-derived maps. International Journal of Remote Sensing 20, 2921-2946.
Serreze, M. C., J. E. Walsh, F. S. Chapin, III, T. Osterkamp, M. Dyurgerov, V. Romanovsky, W. C. Oechel, J. Morison, T. Zhang, and R. G. Barry. 2000. Observational evidence of recent change in the northern high latitude environment. Climatic Change 46, 159207.
Thompson, C. C., A. D. McGuire, J. S. Clein, F. S. Chapin, III, and J. Beringer. 2005. Net carbon exchange across the Arctic tundra-boreal forest transition in Alaska 1981-2000. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 11:805-827. doi: 10.1007/s11027-005-9016-3.
In this study, investigators simulated the temporal and spatial patterns of net carbon exchange in Alaskan ecosystems that span the transition from Arctic tundra to boreal forest. They modeled net carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems by the balance between net primary production (NPP) and decomposition. They also modeled vegetation and soil carbon and nitrogen pools in tundra, shrub tundra, and tree line evergreen conifer forest ecosystems. Field data were used to develop parameterizations for the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM) 5.0. Investigators extrapolated the model spatially over the Alaskan Arctic to boreal tree line to simulate changes in vegetation and soil carbon storage from 1981-2000 (Thompson et al. 2005).
Data are in Microsoft Excel Comma Separated Values format and are available via FTP.
CEOS IDN DIF
9.7
2007-03-14
2012-09-10
Updated originating data center.