New England and eastern New York are covered by a grid of pixels at a 2-kilometer spatial resolution. The data represents modeled total carbon flux from two runs of the PnET-II forest ecosystem model, comparing ambient and modified levels of CO2, precipitation, and temperature. The model was developed by SCIOPS and validated against data for water yield and carbon exchange from four forest/site combinations.
Use Cases
- Modeling regional forest carbon balance (NPP and NEP) based on described changes in temperature, precipitation, and CO2.
- Assessing the impact of climate change scenarios on water yield in forest ecosystems based on the model's water balance component.
- Validating simple, generalized ecosystem models against regional-scale geographic information system data.
- Analyzing spatial patterns of predicted long-term Net Ecosystem Production (NEP) across a northeastern U.S. region.
Strengths
- Model is described as a 'simple, well-validated' and 'improved version' with a complete carbon balance.
- Validation was performed against available data for water yield, carbon exchange, and biomass production for four forest/site combinations.
- Regional average Net Ecosystem Production (NEP) is provided as a concrete figure: 76 g C/m^2/yr.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- SCIOPS via NASA EarthData
- Collection Method
- Generated from ratios of two runs of the PnET-II forest ecosystem model, applied to a 1km resolution GIS for the region.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- unknown
- Geography
- New England and eastern New York, United States