Published February 11, 2015 | Version v1
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The Global Gridded Crop Model Intercomparison: data and modeling protocols for Phase 1 (v1.0)

  • 1. University of Chicago
  • 2. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
  • 3. University of East Anglia
  • 4. Columbia University
  • 5. University of Florida
  • 6. International Livestock Research Institute
  • 7. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
  • 8. University of Maryland
  • 9. Harvard University
  • 10. University of Minnesota
  • 11. NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
  • 12. Princeton University

Description

We present protocols and input data for Phase 1 of the Global Gridded Crop Model Intercomparison, a project of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP). The project includes global simulations of yields, phenologies, and many land-surface fluxes using 12–15 modeling groups for many crops, climate forcing data sets, and scenarios over the historical period from 1948 to 2012. The primary outcomes of the project include (1) a detailed comparison of the major differences and similarities among global models commonly used for large-scale climate impact assessment, (2) an evaluation of model and ensemble hindcasting skill, (3) quantification of key uncertainties from climate input data, model choice, and other sources, and (4) a multi-model analysis of the agricultural impacts of large-scale climate extremes from the historical record.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.5194/gmd-8-261-2015
Other
oai:uchicago.tind.io:14085

Funding

National Science Foundation
SBE-0951576
National Science Foundation
GEO-1215910
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01LL0905L
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
031A103B

UChicago Information

Division(s)
Physical Sciences Division
Department(s)
Computer Science, Geophysical Sciences