Plant Respiration Modelling with JULES for a changing climate (1860-2100)
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Huntingford, C.; Atkin, O.K.; Martinez-de la Torre, A.; Mercado, L.M.; Heskel, M.A.; Harper, A.B.; Bloomfield, K.J.; O'Sullivan, O.S.; Reich, P.B.; Wythers, K.R.; Butler, E.E.; Chen, M.; Griffin, K.L.; Meir, P.; Tjoelker, M.G.; Turnbull, M.H.; Sitch, S.; Wiltshire, A.; Malhi, Y. (2017). Plant Respiration Modelling with JULES for a changing climate (1860-2100). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/24489399-5c99-4050-93ee-58ac4b09341a
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The dataset contains annual global plant respiration (and related diagnostics, such as Net Primary Productivity, Gross Primary Productivity and soil respiration), applicable for pre-industrial times (taken as year 1860) through to the end of the 21st Century (year 2100). The spatial resolution of the data is 2.5 degrees latitude x 3.75 degrees longitude. These diagnostics are outputs from the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES land surface model) under four different approaches to calcluate leaf respiration.
Each of four sets contains a total of 34 runs, each driven by a different CMIP5 model climate pattern, using the Integrated Model Of Global Effects of climatic aNomalies (IMOGEN) system. These are for a "business-as-usual" approach to fossil fuel usage, as the Representative Concentration Pathway scenario RCP8.5. These simulations form the basis for new research paper by Huntingford et al (2017, under review).
Each of four sets contains a total of 34 runs, each driven by a different CMIP5 model climate pattern, using the Integrated Model Of Global Effects of climatic aNomalies (IMOGEN) system. These are for a "business-as-usual" approach to fossil fuel usage, as the Representative Concentration Pathway scenario RCP8.5. These simulations form the basis for new research paper by Huntingford et al (2017, under review).
Publication date: 2017-07-12
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Format
netCDF
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Raster
Spatial reference system
WGS 84
Temporal information
Temporal extent
1860-01-01 to 2100-12-31
Provenance & quality
The annual data are time means of the JULES fluxes, calculated every 3600 s. JULES is a Land Surface Model widely used in climate research. The JULES runs were driven by 34 different GCM climate patterns as described in the IMOGEN system. The 4 approaches for the calculation of plant respiration are:
(i) "standard" - this is using the standard version of the JULES model
(ii) "RD25" - this is with revised estimates of respiration at 25 degrees Celsius.
(iii) "RD25 plus b,c" - this is with new 25 degrees respiration values, plus a revised temperature response across temperature ranges, dependent on two empiric parameters.
(iv) "RD25 plus b,c plus acclim" - as for (iii) above, with additional temperature acclimation effects.
See supporting information accompanying this dataset for further details.
(i) "standard" - this is using the standard version of the JULES model
(ii) "RD25" - this is with revised estimates of respiration at 25 degrees Celsius.
(iii) "RD25 plus b,c" - this is with new 25 degrees respiration values, plus a revised temperature response across temperature ranges, dependent on two empiric parameters.
(iv) "RD25 plus b,c plus acclim" - as for (iii) above, with additional temperature acclimation effects.
See supporting information accompanying this dataset for further details.
Licensing and constraints
This dataset is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
Huntingford, C.; Atkin, O.K.; Martinez-de la Torre, A.; Mercado, L.M.; Heskel, M.A.; Harper, A.B.; Bloomfield, K.J.; O'Sullivan, O.S.; Reich, P.B.; Wythers, K.R.; Butler, E.E.; Chen, M.; Griffin, K.L.; Meir, P.; Tjoelker, M.G.; Turnbull, M.H.; Sitch, S.; Wiltshire, A.; Malhi, Y. (2017). Plant Respiration Modelling with JULES for a changing climate (1860-2100). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/24489399-5c99-4050-93ee-58ac4b09341a
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Citations
Huntingford, C., Atkin, O. K., Martinez-de la Torre, A., Mercado, L. M., Heskel, M. A., Harper, A. B., … Malhi, Y. (2017). Implications of improved representations of plant respiration in a changing climate. Nature Communications, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01774-z
Correspondence/contact details
Chris Huntingford
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Benson Lane
Wallingford, Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
U.K.
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
U.K.
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5941-7770
Atkin, O.K.
Australian National University
Mercado, L.M.
University of Exeter
Heskel, M.A.
Marine Biological Laboratory
Harper, A.B.
University of Exeter
Bloomfield, K.J.
Australian National University
O'Sullivan, O.S.
Australian National University
Reich, P.B.
University of Minnesota
Wythers, K.R.
University of Minnesota
Butler, E.E.
University of Minnesota
Chen, M.
University of Minnesota
Griffin, K.L.
Columbia University
Meir, P.
Australian National University
Tjoelker, M.G.
Western Sydney University
Turnbull, M.H.
University of Canterbury
Sitch, S.
University of Exeter
Wiltshire, A.
Met Office
Malhi, Y.
University of Oxford
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