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Professor Iain Colin Prentice

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park)

Chair in Biosphere and Climate Impacts
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 2482c.prentice

 
 
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2.3Centre for Population BiologySilwood Park

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Rabin:2017:10.5194/gmd-10-1175-2017,
author = {Rabin, SS and Melton, JR and Lasslop, G and Bachelet, D and Forrest, M and Hantson, S and Kaplan, JO and Li, F and Mangeon, S and Ward, DS and Yue, C and Arora, VK and Hickler, T and Kloster, S and Knorr, W and Nieradzik, L and Spessa, A and Folberth, GA and Sheehan, T and Voulgarakis, A and Kelley, DI and Prentice, IC and Sitch, S and Harrison, S and Arneth, A},
doi = {10.5194/gmd-10-1175-2017},
journal = {GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT},
pages = {1175--1197},
title = {The Fire Modeling Intercomparison Project (FireMIP), phase 1: experimental and analytical protocols with detailed model descriptions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-1175-2017},
volume = {10},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The important role of fire in regulating vegetation community composition and contributions to emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols make it a critical component of dynamic global vegetation models and Earth system models. Over 2 decades of development, a wide variety of model structures and mechanisms have been designed and incorporated into global fire models, which have been linked to different vegetation models. However, there has not yet been a systematic examination of how these different strategies contribute to model performance. Here we describe the structure of the first phase of the Fire Model Intercomparison Project (FireMIP), which for the first time seeks to systematically compare a number of models. By combining a standardized set of input data and model experiments with a rigorous comparison of model outputs to each other and to observations, we will improve the understanding of what drives vegetation fire, how it can best be simulated, and what new or improved observational data could allow better constraints on model behavior. In this paper, we introduce the fire models used in the first phase of FireMIP, the simulation protocols applied, and the benchmarking system used to evaluate the models. We have also created supplementary tables that describe, in thorough mathematical detail, the structure of each model.
AU  - Rabin,SS
AU  - Melton,JR
AU  - Lasslop,G
AU  - Bachelet,D
AU  - Forrest,M
AU  - Hantson,S
AU  - Kaplan,JO
AU  - Li,F
AU  - Mangeon,S
AU  - Ward,DS
AU  - Yue,C
AU  - Arora,VK
AU  - Hickler,T
AU  - Kloster,S
AU  - Knorr,W
AU  - Nieradzik,L
AU  - Spessa,A
AU  - Folberth,GA
AU  - Sheehan,T
AU  - Voulgarakis,A
AU  - Kelley,DI
AU  - Prentice,IC
AU  - Sitch,S
AU  - Harrison,S
AU  - Arneth,A
DO  - 10.5194/gmd-10-1175-2017
EP  - 1197
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1991-959X
SP  - 1175
TI  - The Fire Modeling Intercomparison Project (FireMIP), phase 1: experimental and analytical protocols with detailed model descriptions
T2  - GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-1175-2017
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000398659400002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/46029
VL  - 10
ER  -
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