Site-specific seasonal models of carbon fluxes in terrestrial biomes

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6039989

King, A W; DeAngelis, D L

A set of site-specific computer simulation models of seasonal terrestrial carbon exchange has been assembled from open-literature sources. This collection is designed to facilitate the development of biome-level models for each of the principal terrestrial vegetation biomes on earth, for their integration into a global model of seasonal CO/sub 2/ variation in the atmosphere. The models are described in sufficient detail that their underlying assumptions can be compared. Descriptions include the following aspects of each model: (1) the compartments; (2) the carbon fluxes between compartments; and (3) the climatic variables that drive the carbon fluxes. In particular, the functional forms of the dependencies of respiration and photosynthesis on the driving variables are described. The methods by which these models will be extrapolated to biome-level models are also discussed.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6039989
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-9749; ON: DE86007067
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

510100* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Basic Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ARID LANDS
CARBON CYCLE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ECOSYSTEMS
FORESTS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
RANGELANDS
RESPIRATION
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
SIMULATION
SYNTHESIS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
TUNDRA
VARIATIONS