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    • SiB4 Modeled Global 0.5-Degree Monthly Carbon Fluxes and Pools, 2000-2018

    Metadata Updated: May 6, 2024

    This dataset provides global monthly output predicted by the Simple Biosphere Model, Version 4.2 (SiB4), at a 0.5-degree spatial resolution covering the time period 2000 through 2018. SiB4 is a mechanistic land surface model that integrates heterogeneous land cover, environmentally responsive phenology, dynamic carbon allocation, and cascading carbon pools from live biomass to surface litter to soil organic matter. Monthly output includes carbon, carbonyl sulfide (COS), and energy fluxes; solar-induced fluorescence (SIF); carbon pools; soil moisture and temperatures in the top three layers; total column soil water and plant available water; and environmental potentials used to scale photosynthesis. The SiB4 output is per plant functional type (PFT) within each 0.5-degree grid cell. SiB4 partitions variable output to 15 PFTs in each grid cell that are indexed by the "npft" dimension (01-15) in each data file. The PFT three-character abbreviations ("pft_names" variable) are listed in the same order as the "npft" dimension. To combine the PFT-specific output into grid cell totals, users must compute the area-weighted mean across the vector of PFT-specific values for each cell. Fractional areal coverages are given in the "pft_area" variable for each cell.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date May 6, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    Overview of the Simple Biosphere Model (SiB4) that estimates carbon fluxes among the atmosphere, vegetation, and soils. Input information is shown in yellow boxes. This dataset includes a selection of the output variables (blue boxes). Source: Haynes et al. (2020)

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date May 6, 2024
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2345882961-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2024-05-01
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2024-05-02
    Category CMS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Haynes, K.D., I.T. Baker, and A.S. Denning. 2021. SiB4 Modeled Global 0.5-Degree Monthly Carbon Fluxes and Pools, 2000-2018. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1848
    Graphic Preview Description Overview of the Simple Biosphere Model (SiB4) that estimates carbon fluxes among the atmosphere, vegetation, and soils. Input information is shown in yellow boxes. This dataset includes a selection of the output variables (blue boxes). Source: Haynes et al. (2020)
    Graphic Preview File https://daac.ornl.gov/CMS/guides/SiB4_Global_HalfDegree_Monthly_Fig1.png
    Harvest Object Id eba486df-8ea5-41e7-a023-55c450d5e494
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1848
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 735f6ef8832c6ec2d4397d64ba8413a399c0c91351eac4ab45fc31dcc2db4937
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z/2018-12-31T23:59:59Z

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