Objective
The Russian school of global biosphere modelling has ample experience and knowledge which should be preserved and utilised for further scientific progress. The idea of the current research project is to develop a new up-to-date version of the Moscow global biosphere model in the framework of newly established European scientific co-operation, based on previous experience, the unitary approach, more detailed databases of biosphere processes, improved climatic models, and more powerful data processing tools and computers.
The main objective of this study is the development of a hierarchy of integrated biosphere models which would incorporate the main elements of the Earth system (atmosphere, hydrosphere, pedosphere and biota) linked with each other and with the antroposphere by the fluxes of heat, momentum, water and the global biogeochemical cycles. The first priority in the study is given to the problem of boundaries of the stability domain for the biosphere at the global scale. The other objectives of the study are applications of the designed models to the important issues concerning the impact of anthropogenic activity on the Earth. Assessment of boundaries of the stability domain for the biosphere is an important scientific goal of the project. The methodology to be used in the study is the analytical and simulation modelling of the Earth system, based on the biosphere processes modelling and hierarchical model structure.
A hierarchy of integrated biosphere models is a major expected result of the project. It incorporates a set of simplified conceptual models, and a geographically explicit, integrated biosphere model. The first level of hierarchy will be represented by zero-dimensional or one-dimensional models, which would include only a few aspects of climate-biosphere interaction. Analysis of qualitative features of the models is a background for analysis of possible boundaries of the stability domain for the biosphere on the global scale.
The bottom level of the hierarchy is represented by the integrated biosphere model, coupled atmosphere-ocean model and terrestrial vegetation-pedosphere models. This model incorporates cycles of the major biogeochemical elements (carbon, nitrogen), hydrological cycles and vegetation dynamics model. In the framework of this activity a set of models of terrestrial and marine biota will be elaborated. Zonal atmosphere models with two-dimensional or box ocean model will be used for coupling with a two-dimensional model of terrestrial biota and pedosphere. A powerful computer (workstation) will be a basis for data managing and computing. The participants will publish the results of the research activity (summary of unitary model approach, description of the models, and results of analysis of domain of biosphere stability).
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14412 Potsdam
Germany
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