BioEarth: Envisioning and developing a new regional earth system model to inform natural and agricultural resource management
Abstract
Uncertainties in global change impacts, the complexities associated with the interconnected cycling of nitrogen, carbon, and water present daunting management challenges. Existing models provide detailed information on specific sub-systems (e.g., land, air, water, and economics). An increasing awareness of the unintended consequences of management decisions resulting from interconnectedness of these sub-systems, however, necessitates coupled regional earth system models (EaSMs). Decision makers’ needs and priorities can be integrated into the model design and development processes to enhance decision-making relevance and “usability” of EaSMs. BioEarth is a research initiative currently under development with a focus on the U.S. Pacific Northwest region that explores the coupling of multiple stand-alone EaSMs to generate usable information for resource decision-making. Direct engagement between model developers and non-academic stakeholders involved in resource and environmental management decisions throughout the model development process is a critical component of this effort. BioEarth utilizes a bottom-up approach for its land surface model that preserves fine spatial-scale sensitivities and lateral hydrologic connectivity, which makes it unique among many regional EaSMs. Here, we describe the BioEarth initiative and highlights opportunities and challenges associated with coupling multiple stand-alone models to generate usable information for agricultural and natural resource decision-making.
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- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
- Clark Univ., Worcester, MA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
- Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)
- AIR Worldwide, Boston, MA (United States)
- Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States); Univ. of Washington, Pullman, WA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1252478
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0006856; 2011-67003-30346
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Climatic Change
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 129; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0165-0009
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; EaSMs; BioEarth initiative; natural resources
Citation Formats
Adam, Jennifer C., Stephens, Jennie C., Chung, Serena H., Brady, Michael P., Evans, R. David, Kruger, Chad E., Lamb, Brian K., Liu, Mingliang, Stöckle, Claudio O., Vaughan, Joseph K., Rajagopalan, Kirti, Harrison, John A., Tague, Christina L., Kalyanaraman, Ananth, Chen, Yong, Guenther, Alex, Leung, Fok-Yan, Leung, L. Ruby, Perleberg, Andrew B., Yoder, Jonathan, Allen, Elizabeth, Anderson, Sarah, Chandrasekharan, Bhagyam, Malek, Keyvan, Mullis, Tristan, Miller, Cody, Nergui, Tsengel, Poinsatte, Justin, Reyes, Julian, Zhu, Jun, Choate, Janet S., Jiang, Xiaoyan, Nelson, Roger, Yoon, Jin-Ho, Yorgey, Georgine G., Johnson, Kristen, Chinnayakanahalli, Kiran J., Hamlet, Alan F., Nijssen, Bart, and Walden, Von. BioEarth: Envisioning and developing a new regional earth system model to inform natural and agricultural resource management. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1007/s10584-014-1115-2.
Adam, Jennifer C., Stephens, Jennie C., Chung, Serena H., Brady, Michael P., Evans, R. David, Kruger, Chad E., Lamb, Brian K., Liu, Mingliang, Stöckle, Claudio O., Vaughan, Joseph K., Rajagopalan, Kirti, Harrison, John A., Tague, Christina L., Kalyanaraman, Ananth, Chen, Yong, Guenther, Alex, Leung, Fok-Yan, Leung, L. Ruby, Perleberg, Andrew B., Yoder, Jonathan, Allen, Elizabeth, Anderson, Sarah, Chandrasekharan, Bhagyam, Malek, Keyvan, Mullis, Tristan, Miller, Cody, Nergui, Tsengel, Poinsatte, Justin, Reyes, Julian, Zhu, Jun, Choate, Janet S., Jiang, Xiaoyan, Nelson, Roger, Yoon, Jin-Ho, Yorgey, Georgine G., Johnson, Kristen, Chinnayakanahalli, Kiran J., Hamlet, Alan F., Nijssen, Bart, & Walden, Von. BioEarth: Envisioning and developing a new regional earth system model to inform natural and agricultural resource management. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1115-2
Adam, Jennifer C., Stephens, Jennie C., Chung, Serena H., Brady, Michael P., Evans, R. David, Kruger, Chad E., Lamb, Brian K., Liu, Mingliang, Stöckle, Claudio O., Vaughan, Joseph K., Rajagopalan, Kirti, Harrison, John A., Tague, Christina L., Kalyanaraman, Ananth, Chen, Yong, Guenther, Alex, Leung, Fok-Yan, Leung, L. Ruby, Perleberg, Andrew B., Yoder, Jonathan, Allen, Elizabeth, Anderson, Sarah, Chandrasekharan, Bhagyam, Malek, Keyvan, Mullis, Tristan, Miller, Cody, Nergui, Tsengel, Poinsatte, Justin, Reyes, Julian, Zhu, Jun, Choate, Janet S., Jiang, Xiaoyan, Nelson, Roger, Yoon, Jin-Ho, Yorgey, Georgine G., Johnson, Kristen, Chinnayakanahalli, Kiran J., Hamlet, Alan F., Nijssen, Bart, and Walden, Von. 2014.
"BioEarth: Envisioning and developing a new regional earth system model to inform natural and agricultural resource management". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1115-2. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1252478.
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title = {BioEarth: Envisioning and developing a new regional earth system model to inform natural and agricultural resource management},
author = {Adam, Jennifer C. and Stephens, Jennie C. and Chung, Serena H. and Brady, Michael P. and Evans, R. David and Kruger, Chad E. and Lamb, Brian K. and Liu, Mingliang and Stöckle, Claudio O. and Vaughan, Joseph K. and Rajagopalan, Kirti and Harrison, John A. and Tague, Christina L. and Kalyanaraman, Ananth and Chen, Yong and Guenther, Alex and Leung, Fok-Yan and Leung, L. Ruby and Perleberg, Andrew B. and Yoder, Jonathan and Allen, Elizabeth and Anderson, Sarah and Chandrasekharan, Bhagyam and Malek, Keyvan and Mullis, Tristan and Miller, Cody and Nergui, Tsengel and Poinsatte, Justin and Reyes, Julian and Zhu, Jun and Choate, Janet S. and Jiang, Xiaoyan and Nelson, Roger and Yoon, Jin-Ho and Yorgey, Georgine G. and Johnson, Kristen and Chinnayakanahalli, Kiran J. and Hamlet, Alan F. and Nijssen, Bart and Walden, Von},
abstractNote = {Uncertainties in global change impacts, the complexities associated with the interconnected cycling of nitrogen, carbon, and water present daunting management challenges. Existing models provide detailed information on specific sub-systems (e.g., land, air, water, and economics). An increasing awareness of the unintended consequences of management decisions resulting from interconnectedness of these sub-systems, however, necessitates coupled regional earth system models (EaSMs). Decision makers’ needs and priorities can be integrated into the model design and development processes to enhance decision-making relevance and “usability” of EaSMs. BioEarth is a research initiative currently under development with a focus on the U.S. Pacific Northwest region that explores the coupling of multiple stand-alone EaSMs to generate usable information for resource decision-making. Direct engagement between model developers and non-academic stakeholders involved in resource and environmental management decisions throughout the model development process is a critical component of this effort. BioEarth utilizes a bottom-up approach for its land surface model that preserves fine spatial-scale sensitivities and lateral hydrologic connectivity, which makes it unique among many regional EaSMs. Here, we describe the BioEarth initiative and highlights opportunities and challenges associated with coupling multiple stand-alone models to generate usable information for agricultural and natural resource decision-making.},
doi = {10.1007/s10584-014-1115-2},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1252478},
journal = {Climatic Change},
issn = {0165-0009},
number = 3,
volume = 129,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}
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