Simulating Climate-Biosphere Interactions under Changing Climate Conditions: AResearch Plan

摘要

The modeling group of the Global Processes and Effects program have prepared thisresearch plan that describes their proposed research activities for the next two to three years. The overall objective of the research is to develop an integrated set of models that can simulate the effects of global change on the terrestrial biosphere and the resulting feedbacks to the atmosphere. The research is a continuation of the vegetation and water balance modeling work that has been conducted at ERL-Corvallis in the EPA Global Change Research Program since 1988. The central theme of the research program is an integrated modeling approach, incorporating new perspectives on hydrologic, vegetation, and biogeochemical modeling to simulate climate-biosphere interactions.