Modelling interactions of carbon dioxide, forests, and climate
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Atmospheric carbon dioxide is rising and forests and climate is changing! This combination of fact and premise may be evaluated at a range of temporal and spatial scales with the aid of computer simulators describing the interrelationships between forest vegetation, litter and soil characteristics, and appropriate meteorological variables. Some insights on the effects of climate on the transfers of carbon and the converse effect of carbon transfer on climate are discussed as a basis for assessing the significance of feedbacks between vegetation and climate under conditions of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide. Three main classes of forest models are reviewed. These are physiologically-based models, forest succession simulators based on the JABOWA model, and ecosystem-carbon budget models that use compartment transfer rates with empirically estimated coefficients. Some regression modeling approaches are also outlined. Energy budget models applied to forests and grasslands are also reviewed. This review presents examples of forest models; a comprehensive discussion of all available models is not undertaken.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 10182581
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9210354-2; ON: DE94018694; TRN: 94:008376
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: IPCC international workshop on biotic feedbacks in the global climate system,Woods Hole, MA (United States),25-29 Oct 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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