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Littleton, E.W., Shepherd, A., Harper, A.B., Hastings, A.F.S., Vaughan, N.E., Doelman, J., Van Vuuren, D., Lenton, T.M. (2024). Modelled Miscanthus yield and soil carbon change data for the tropics (2040-2049) and Europe (2090-2099). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/16b26b21-98ce-4c26-8b9e-c80c91403d9e
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Modelled Miscanthus yield and soil carbon change data for the tropics (2040-2049) and Europe (2090-2099)
This dataset contains potential yields of Miscanthus and changes to soil carbon storage resulting from Miscanthus cultivation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare diverse modelling techniques for evaluating the potential of bioenergy crops to mitigate climate change.
Three different types of gridded global models were used: a land surface model, JULES (the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator); a bioenergy crop model, MiscanFor; and an integrated assessment model, IMAGE (Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment). The simulated scenario uses land use and climatology from RCP (Representative Concentration Pathway) 2.6 and focuses on two study areas: the tropics during 2040-49, and Europe during 2090-99.
These data were generated as part of the NERC programme Feasibility of Afforestation and Biomass energy with carbon capture storage for Greenhouse Gas Removal (FAB GGR) (Grant NE/P019951/1).
Three different types of gridded global models were used: a land surface model, JULES (the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator); a bioenergy crop model, MiscanFor; and an integrated assessment model, IMAGE (Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment). The simulated scenario uses land use and climatology from RCP (Representative Concentration Pathway) 2.6 and focuses on two study areas: the tropics during 2040-49, and Europe during 2090-99.
These data were generated as part of the NERC programme Feasibility of Afforestation and Biomass energy with carbon capture storage for Greenhouse Gas Removal (FAB GGR) (Grant NE/P019951/1).
Publication date: 2024-01-18
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Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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2040-01-01 to 2099-12-31
Provenance & quality
The data are model output produced for the purpose of evaluating and comparing Miscanthus yields and soil carbon impacts from three different types of global model. The models used are: a land surface model, JULES (the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator); a bioenergy crop model, MiscanFor; and an integrated assessment model, IMAGE (Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment). All files provided are raw model output and have undergone no post-processing. The units of yield and soil carbon content are described in the Supporting Information.
This dataset underpins the analysis in Littleton et al. 2022, "Uncertain effectiveness of Miscanthus bioenergy expansion for climate change mitigation explored using land surface, agronomic and integrated assessment models" (https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12982).
This dataset underpins the analysis in Littleton et al. 2022, "Uncertain effectiveness of Miscanthus bioenergy expansion for climate change mitigation explored using land surface, agronomic and integrated assessment models" (https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12982).
Citations
Littleton, E.W., Shepherd, A., Harper, A. B., Hastings, A.F.S., Vaughan, N. E., Doelman, J., van Vuuren, D.P., & Lenton, T.M. (2023). Uncertain effectiveness of Miscanthus bioenergy expansion for climate change mitigation explored using land surface, agronomic and integrated assessment models. In GCB Bioenergy (Vol. 15, Issue 3, pp. 303–318). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12982
Correspondence/contact details
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5576-5498
Van Vuuren, D.
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Other contacts
- Rights holder
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University of Exeter
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- environment
farming - INSPIRE theme
- Environmental Monitoring Facilities
- Keywords
- Bioenergy , bioenergy production , carbon , Climate and climate change , climate change mitigation , Crop , crop production , dynamic global vegetation modelling , integrated assessment modelling , integrated environmental assessment , land based mitigation , MiscanFor , Miscanthus , mitigation measure , modelling
- Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/P019951/1
- Last updated
- 04 March 2024 16:48
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