Geophysical Applications of Vegetation Modeling

This thesis describes the development and selected applications of a global vegetation model, BIOME4. The model is applied to problems in high-latitude vegetation distribution and climate, trace gas production, and isotope biogeochemistry. It demonstrates how a modeling approach, based on principles...

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Main Author: Kaplan, Jed O.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Zenodo 2018
Subjects:
Vegetation model
biogeochemistry
biogeography
BIOME4
LGM
Ice Age
tundra
mammoths
Holocene
methane
ice core
wetland
carbon cycle
stable isotopes
CO2
Tundra
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1492907
https://zenodo.org/record/1492907
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Summary:This thesis describes the development and selected applications of a global vegetation model, BIOME4. The model is applied to problems in high-latitude vegetation distribution and climate, trace gas production, and isotope biogeochemistry. It demonstrates how a modeling approach, based on principles of plant physiology and ecology, can be applied to interdisciplinary problems that cannot be adequately addressed by direct observations or experiments. The work is relevant to understanding the potential effects of climate change on the terrestrial biosphere and the feedbacks between the biosphere and climate.

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