Modeling and Synthesis Support for the North American Carbon Program
Robert
B.
Cook, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, cookrb@ornl.gov
(Presenting)
Peter
E.
Thornton, National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O.Box 3000, Boulder CO 80307-3000, thornton@ucar.edu
W.
M.
Post, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, postwmiii@ornl.gov
Bruce
E.
Wilson, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, wilsonbe@ornl.gov
Latha
M.
Baskaran, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, baskaranl@ornl.gov
The Modeling and Synthesis Thematic Data Center (MAST-DC) supports the North American Carbon Program by providing data products and data management services needed for modeling and synthesis activities. The overall objective of MAST-DC is to provide advanced data management support to NACP investigators, thereby freeing modelers and those doing synthesis and integration from having to perform data management functions. MAST-DC has compiled a number of data products for North America, including sub-pixel land-water content, daily meteorological data, soil data, and a digital elevation map. In addition, we have developed an internet-based WebGIS system that enables users to browse, query, and display spatial data using a standard web browser. As part of the interim NACP synthesis, MAST-DC is facilitating and supporting several grass-roots model-data comparison activities, including a site-level synthesis and a regional / continental synthesis. For the mid-continent intensive, MAST-DC is working with a group of data assimilation modelers to generate a consistent set of meteorological data to drive bottom-up models.
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