VEMAP Phase 2 bioclimatic database. I. Gridded historical (20th century) climate for modeling ecosystem dynamics across the conterminous USA

Climate Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-170

  Kittel, T G F ^a,b,e   Rosenbloom, N A ^a   Royle, J A ^a,f   Daly, C ^c   Gibson, W P ^c   Fisher, H H ^a   Thornton, P ^a   Yates, D N ^a   Aulenbach, S ^a   Kaufman, C ^a   McKeown, R ^b   Bachelet, D ^d   Schimel, D S ^a   Neilson, R ^g   Lenihan, J ^g   Drapek, R ^g   Ojima, D S ^h   Parton, W J ^h   Melillo, J M ⁱ   Kicklighter, D W ⁱ   Tian, H ⁱ   McGuire, A D ^j   Sykes, M T ^k   Smith, B ^k   Cowling, S ^k   Hickler, T ^k   Prentice, I C ^l   Running, S ^m   Hibbard, K A ^c   Post, W M ⁿ   King, A W ⁿ   Smith, T ^o   Rizzo, B ^o   Woodward, F I ^p   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Oregon State University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^g PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^h and Conservation Biology   (United States)

ⁱ ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^j U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^k LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

ⁿ OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate dataset; Climate variability; Ecological modeling; Ecosystem dynamics; Geostatistics; Palmer Drought Severity Index; PDSI; Vegetation; VEMAP

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; HISTORY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; VAPOR PRESSURE; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; DATABASE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23944513178     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr027151     Document Type: Article

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