Normative productivity of the global vegetation

Abstract Background The biosphere models of terrestrial productivity are essential for projecting climate change and assessing mitigation and adaptation options. Many of them have been developed in connection to the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) that backs the work of the Intergov...

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Published in:Carbon Balance and Management
Main Authors: Matsunaga Tsuneo, Alexandrov Georgii A
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2008
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:be733ff45d05454ea97063d49549a39b 2023-05-15T18:30:55+02:00 Normative productivity of the global vegetation Matsunaga Tsuneo Alexandrov Georgii A 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/1750-0680-3-8 https://doaj.org/article/be733ff45d05454ea97063d49549a39b EN eng BMC http://www.cbmjournal.com/content/3/1/8 https://doaj.org/toc/1750-0680 doi:10.1186/1750-0680-3-8 1750-0680 https://doaj.org/article/be733ff45d05454ea97063d49549a39b Carbon Balance and Management, Vol 3, Iss 1, p 8 (2008) Environmental sciences GE1-350 article 2008 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/1750-0680-3-8 2022-12-31T04:52:16Z Abstract Background The biosphere models of terrestrial productivity are essential for projecting climate change and assessing mitigation and adaptation options. Many of them have been developed in connection to the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) that backs the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In the end of 1990s, IGBP sponsored release of a data set summarizing the model outputs and setting certain norms for estimates of terrestrial productivity. Since a number of new models and new versions of old models were developed during the past decade, these normative data require updating. Results Here, we provide the series of updates that reflects evolution of biosphere models and demonstrates evolutional stability of the global and regional estimates of terrestrial productivity. Most of them fit well the long-living Miami model. At the same time we call attention to the emerging alternative: the global potential for net primary production of biomass may be as high as 70 PgC y -1 , the productivity of larch forest zone may be comparable to the productivity of taiga zone, and the productivity of rain-green forest zone may be comparable to the productivity of tropical rainforest zone. Conclusion The departure from Miami model's worldview mentioned above cannot be simply ignored. It requires thorough examination using modern observational tools and techniques for model-data fusion. Stability of normative knowledge is not its ultimate goal – the norms for estimates of terrestrial productivity must be evidence-based. Article in Journal/Newspaper taiga Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Carbon Balance and Management 3 1
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description Abstract Background The biosphere models of terrestrial productivity are essential for projecting climate change and assessing mitigation and adaptation options. Many of them have been developed in connection to the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) that backs the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In the end of 1990s, IGBP sponsored release of a data set summarizing the model outputs and setting certain norms for estimates of terrestrial productivity. Since a number of new models and new versions of old models were developed during the past decade, these normative data require updating. Results Here, we provide the series of updates that reflects evolution of biosphere models and demonstrates evolutional stability of the global and regional estimates of terrestrial productivity. Most of them fit well the long-living Miami model. At the same time we call attention to the emerging alternative: the global potential for net primary production of biomass may be as high as 70 PgC y -1 , the productivity of larch forest zone may be comparable to the productivity of taiga zone, and the productivity of rain-green forest zone may be comparable to the productivity of tropical rainforest zone. Conclusion The departure from Miami model's worldview mentioned above cannot be simply ignored. It requires thorough examination using modern observational tools and techniques for model-data fusion. Stability of normative knowledge is not its ultimate goal – the norms for estimates of terrestrial productivity must be evidence-based.
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