Dominant vegetation distribution ...

• Main Authors: Zhang, Wenxin, Paul A Miller, Benjamin Smith, Rita Wania, Torben Koenigk, Döscher, Ralf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2013
• Subjects: Other environmental sciences not elsewhere classified; Arctic; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.1949852.v1; https://iop.figshare.com/collections/Dominant_vegetation_distribution/1949852/1

Figure 1. Dominant vegetation distribution. (a) A composite vegetation map based on a potential natural vegetation (PNV) map (Kaplan et al 2003), the IGBP land cover dataset 2000–2001 (Friedl et al 2010), and the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (Walker et al 2005). (b) The recent dominant PNV simulated by the CRU-forced run. (c) The recent dominant PNV simulated by the RCAO-forced run. (d) The future dominant PNV simulated by the RCAO-forced run. *: the color of IBS represents temperate needle-leaved evergreen forest in the sub-plot (a). Abstract One major challenge to the improvement of regional climate scenarios for the northern high latitudes is to understand land surface feedbacks associated with vegetation shifts and ecosystem biogeochemical cycling. We employed a customized, Arctic version of the individual-based dynamic vegetation model LPJ-GUESS to simulate the dynamics of upland and wetland ecosystems under a regional climate model–downscaled future climate projection for the Arctic and Subarctic. ...