Moirai Version 3: A Data Processing System to Generate Recent Historical Land Inputs for Global Modeling Applications at Various Scales

The Moirai land data system, written in C and R, is designed to produce recent historical land inputs for an integrated human-Earth systems model. The primary function of Moirai is to combine spatially explicit input data (e.g., raster images) with tabular input data (e.g., crop price table) to gene...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alan V. Di Vittorio, Chris R. Vernon, Shijie Shu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Open Research Software
Subjects:
Online Access:https://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/articles/266
_version_ 1819082523291942912
author Alan V. Di Vittorio
Chris R. Vernon
Shijie Shu
author_facet Alan V. Di Vittorio
Chris R. Vernon
Shijie Shu
author_sort Alan V. Di Vittorio
collection DOAJ
description The Moirai land data system, written in C and R, is designed to produce recent historical land inputs for an integrated human-Earth systems model. The primary function of Moirai is to combine spatially explicit input data (e.g., raster images) with tabular input data (e.g., crop price table) to generate spatially-referenced tabular data of crop production, crop harvested area, land value, irrigated and rainfed crop area, water footprint, soil and vegetation carbon density of unmanaged land, and historical land use/cover. These data are aggregated to user-defined geographic boundaries within 231 countries and the default boundaries are defined globally by 235 watersheds. The production, harvested area, and land value outputs reconstruct those available from the Global Trade Analysis Project, while the other outputs provide additional information for various applications, such as initializing or evaluating a land use change model or an economic general/partial equilibrium model. Furthermore, Moirai is a modular system that can be updated and customized through replacement and addition of source data.
first_indexed 2024-12-21T20:18:01Z
format Article
id doaj.art-f13f21bfa2664aebb9d713ff0f67194a
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2049-9647
language English
last_indexed 2024-12-21T20:18:01Z
publishDate 2020-01-01
publisher Ubiquity Press
record_format Article
series Journal of Open Research Software
spelling doaj.art-f13f21bfa2664aebb9d713ff0f67194a2022-12-21T18:51:34ZengUbiquity PressJournal of Open Research Software2049-96472020-01-018110.5334/jors.266202Moirai Version 3: A Data Processing System to Generate Recent Historical Land Inputs for Global Modeling Applications at Various ScalesAlan V. Di Vittorio0Chris R. Vernon1Shijie Shu2Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CAPacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WAUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, ILThe Moirai land data system, written in C and R, is designed to produce recent historical land inputs for an integrated human-Earth systems model. The primary function of Moirai is to combine spatially explicit input data (e.g., raster images) with tabular input data (e.g., crop price table) to generate spatially-referenced tabular data of crop production, crop harvested area, land value, irrigated and rainfed crop area, water footprint, soil and vegetation carbon density of unmanaged land, and historical land use/cover. These data are aggregated to user-defined geographic boundaries within 231 countries and the default boundaries are defined globally by 235 watersheds. The production, harvested area, and land value outputs reconstruct those available from the Global Trade Analysis Project, while the other outputs provide additional information for various applications, such as initializing or evaluating a land use change model or an economic general/partial equilibrium model. Furthermore, Moirai is a modular system that can be updated and customized through replacement and addition of source data.https://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/articles/266moirailand coverland usemodeldatasystem
spellingShingle Alan V. Di Vittorio
Chris R. Vernon
Shijie Shu
Moirai Version 3: A Data Processing System to Generate Recent Historical Land Inputs for Global Modeling Applications at Various Scales
Journal of Open Research Software
moirai
land cover
land use
model
data
system
title Moirai Version 3: A Data Processing System to Generate Recent Historical Land Inputs for Global Modeling Applications at Various Scales
title_full Moirai Version 3: A Data Processing System to Generate Recent Historical Land Inputs for Global Modeling Applications at Various Scales
title_fullStr Moirai Version 3: A Data Processing System to Generate Recent Historical Land Inputs for Global Modeling Applications at Various Scales
title_full_unstemmed Moirai Version 3: A Data Processing System to Generate Recent Historical Land Inputs for Global Modeling Applications at Various Scales
title_short Moirai Version 3: A Data Processing System to Generate Recent Historical Land Inputs for Global Modeling Applications at Various Scales
title_sort moirai version 3 a data processing system to generate recent historical land inputs for global modeling applications at various scales
topic moirai
land cover
land use
model
data
system
url https://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/articles/266
work_keys_str_mv AT alanvdivittorio moiraiversion3adataprocessingsystemtogeneraterecenthistoricallandinputsforglobalmodelingapplicationsatvariousscales
AT chrisrvernon moiraiversion3adataprocessingsystemtogeneraterecenthistoricallandinputsforglobalmodelingapplicationsatvariousscales
AT shijieshu moiraiversion3adataprocessingsystemtogeneraterecenthistoricallandinputsforglobalmodelingapplicationsatvariousscales