Biophysical effects of vegetation cover change from satellite and models

Gregory Duveiller; Giovanni Forzieri; Eddy Robertson; Wei Li; Goran Georgievski; Peter Lawrence; Andy Wiltshire; Philippe Ciais; Julia Pongratz; Stephen Sitch; Almut Arneth; Alessandro Cescatti

Description

Vegetation cover changes associated with land use and land cover change (LULCC) can perturb the local surface energy balance, which in turn can affect the local climate. Land surface models (LSMs) can be used to simulate such land-climate interactions, but their capacity to model these biophysical effects accurately across the globe remain unclear due to the complexity of the phenomena. This dataset provides idealized simulations from four LSMs (JULES, ORCHIDEE, JSBACH and CLM) that are harmonized with estimations obtained from satellite observations, enabling the inter-comparison and benchmarking of LSM performances and which can serve to identify model limitations and prioritize efforts in model development. The dataset provides the change in latent heat flux, in combined sensible and ground heat flux and in net radiation caused by 15 specific vegetation cover transitions on a 1° by 1° grid at monthly time scale for a synthetic year based on data from 2008 until 2012. The dataset was generated from a collaborative effort lead by JRC within the FP7 LUC4C project (luc4c.eu).

Contact

Email: alessandro.cescatti (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

Gregory Duveiller

0000-0002-6471-8404
Giovanni Forzieri

0000-0002-5240-1303
Eddy Robertson
Wei Li

0000-0003-2543-2558
Goran Georgievski
Peter Lawrence
Andy Wiltshire
Philippe Ciais
Julia Pongratz
Stephen Sitch
Almut Arneth
Alessandro Cescatti

How to cite

Duveiller, Gregory; Forzieri, Giovanni; Robertson, Eddy; Li, Wei; Georgievski, Goran; Lawrence, Peter; Wiltshire, Andy; Ciais, Philippe; Pongratz, Julia; Sitch, Stephen; Arneth, Almut; Cescatti, Alessandro (2018): Biophysical effects of vegetation cover change from satellite and models. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-10093-10001

Data access

NetCDF Distribution

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

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Publications

Publication

Biophysics and vegetation cover change: a process-based evaluation framework for confronting land surface models with satellite observations

Duveiller, Gregory; Forzieri, Giovanni; Robertson, Eddy; Li, Wei; Georgievski, Goran; Lawrence, Peter; Wiltshire, Andy; Ciais, Philippe; Pongratz, Julia; Sitch, Stephen; Arneth, Almut; Cescatti, Alessandro

DOI

10.5194/essd-10-1265-2018

Geographic areas

European Union

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2018-12-14
Modified date: 2023-11-03
Issued date: 2018-02-21
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Science and technology
Update frequency: irregular
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-10093-10001
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