Aboveground biomass (Mg C/ha) for the Amazon Basin under GFDL CM2 climate, GOVernance deforestation, and no fire scenarios
(2000s)
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The integrity of Amazon forests are currently threatened by climate change, deforestation, and fire. However, it is unclear
how these agents of change interact over large spatial and temporal domains and reducing this uncertainty is important for
projecting changes in carbon stocks and species biogeography, and could better inform continental scale conservation programs.
With this in mind, aboveground biomass and tree cover data were produced using the dynamic global vegetation model, LPJmL,
with 9 different global climate models (using the SRES A2 emissions storyline) and 2 different deforestation scenarios (from
Soares et al.). The existing fire module was modified to include 'escaped fire' associated with deforestation, and included
feedbacks from climate change as temperatures warm and litter moisture decreases. The data presented here include control
simulations (i.e., no climate change, no deforestation, and no fire) to provide baselines for comparing with projected global
change influences. In total, 10 climate scenarios, 6 deforestation and fire scenarios, and 5 time slices are presentation
(n = 300) for aboveground biomass and tree cover. <br /> <br /> Datasets for all scenarios and time slices are available in
the gallery: http://app.databasin.org/app/pages/galleryPage.jsp?id=92f11651fe8d4c33ae597b36357c2bbf <br />
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Title Aboveground biomass (Mg C/ha) for the Amazon Basin under GFDL CM2 climate, GOVernance deforestation, and no fire scenarios
(2000s)