Final Report: Integrated Ecosystem Model for Alaska and Northwest Canada Project

• Main Authors: A. David McGuire, T. Scott Rupp, Breen, Amy, Euskirchen, Eugenie S., Marchenko, Sergey, Romanovsky, Vladimir, Bennett, Alec, W. Robert Bolton, Tobey Carman, Genet, Helene, Kurkowski, Tom, Lara, Mark, Nicolsky, Dmitry, Rutter, Ruth, Timm, Kristin
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: NCCWSC/CSC 2016
• Subjects: Canada; permafrost; Thermokarst; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.21429/c9rp43; https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5841f304e4b04fc80e518d56

This report describes the progress made by the Integrated Ecosystem Model (IEM) for Alaska and Northwest Canada Project for the full duration of the project (September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2016). This primary goal in this project was to develop the IEM modeling framework to integrate the driving components for and the interactions among disturbance regimes, permafrost dynamics, hydrology, and vegetation succession/migration for Alaska and Northwest Canada. The major activities of the project include (1) development and delivery of input data sets, (2) model coupling, (3) evaluation and applications of fire and vegetation dynamics, (4) evaluation and application of ecosystem carbon and energy balance, (5) evaluation and application of regional permafrost dynamics, (6) permafrost infrastructure modeling research, (7) development of a landscape thermokarst modeling capability, and (8) development of wetland modeling capability based on field studies. In this report we describe the key accomplishments for each of the major activities of the project as well as the next steps for each of the major activities.