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The Fire Modeling Intercomparison Project (FireMIP), phase 1: experimental and analytical protocols with detailed model descriptions
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Title: | The Fire Modeling Intercomparison Project (FireMIP), phase 1: experimental and analytical protocols with detailed model descriptions |
Authors: | Rabin, SS Melton, JR Lasslop, G Bachelet, D Forrest, M Hantson, S Kaplan, JO Li, F Mangeon, S Ward, DS Yue, C Arora, VK Hickler, T Kloster, S Knorr, W Nieradzik, L Spessa, A Folberth, GA Sheehan, T Voulgarakis, A Kelley, DI Prentice, IC Sitch, S Harrison, S Arneth, A |
Item Type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | The important role of fire in regulating vegetation community composition and contributions to emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols make it a critical component of dynamic global vegetation models and Earth system models. Over 2 decades of development, a wide variety of model structures and mechanisms have been designed and incorporated into global fire models, which have been linked to different vegetation models. However, there has not yet been a systematic examination of how these different strategies contribute to model performance. Here we describe the structure of the first phase of the Fire Model Intercomparison Project (FireMIP), which for the first time seeks to systematically compare a number of models. By combining a standardized set of input data and model experiments with a rigorous comparison of model outputs to each other and to observations, we will improve the understanding of what drives vegetation fire, how it can best be simulated, and what new or improved observational data could allow better constraints on model behavior. In this paper, we introduce the fire models used in the first phase of FireMIP, the simulation protocols applied, and the benchmarking system used to evaluate the models. We have also created supplementary tables that describe, in thorough mathematical detail, the structure of each model. |
Issue Date: | 17-Mar-2017 |
Date of Acceptance: | 20-Feb-2017 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/46029 |
DOI: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-1175-2017 |
ISSN: | 1991-959X |
Publisher: | COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH |
Start Page: | 1175 |
End Page: | 1197 |
Journal / Book Title: | GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT |
Volume: | 10 |
Issue: | 3 |
Copyright Statement: | © 2017 Author(s). This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
Keywords: | Science & Technology Physical Sciences Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Geology GLOBAL VEGETATION MODEL ENVIRONMENT SIMULATOR JULES TERRESTRIAL CARBON BALANCE BURNED AREA PRODUCTS EARTH-SYSTEM LAND-USE INCORPORATING SPITFIRE ATMOSPHERIC CO2 CLIMATE-CHANGE EMISSIONS 04 Earth Sciences |
Publication Status: | Published |
Open Access location: | http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/10/1175/2017/gmd-10-1175-2017.pdf |
Appears in Collections: | Space and Atmospheric Physics Physics Department of Life Sciences |