Mapping of ESA's Climate Change Initiative land cover data to plant functional types for use in the CLASSIC land model

<p>Plant functional types (PFTs) are used to represent vegetation distribution in land surface models (LSMs). Previous studies have shown large differences in the geographical distribution of PFTs currently used in various LSMs, which may arise from the differences in the underlying land cover...

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Main Authors: L. Wang, V. K. Arora, P. Bartlett, E. Chan, S. R. Curasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2023-06-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/20/2265/2023/bg-20-2265-2023.pdf