Baseline (i.e., mean 1971 — 1999) global varies between 461 Pg C and 998 Pg C, and increases with ΔMLT for
all vegetation models under all 110 climate and CO2 increase scenarios (Fig. 1)(see Materials and Methods and SI Text for details of simulations).
Not exact matches
Seven global
vegetation models are used to analyze possible responses to future climate simulated by a range of general circulation
models run
under all four representative concentration pathway scenarios of changing concentrations of greenhouse gases.
(A — C) Change in annual global mean
vegetation carbon (A), NPP (B), and residence time of carbon in
vegetation (C)
under the HadGEM2 - ES RCP 8.5 climate and CO2 scenario for seven global
vegetation models.
The Scripps Experimental Climate Prediction Center (ECPC) Regional Spectral
Model (RSM) was used to simulate climate
under two land surface characteristics: potential natural
vegetation and modern land use that includes irrigation and urbanization.
Previous
modeling studies have also consistently predicted increased global
vegetation carbon
under future scenarios of climate and CO2, but with considerable variation in absolute values (2 — 4).