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Development and technical paper
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19 Jan 2022
Development and technical paper |
| 19 Jan 2022
| 19 Jan 2022
Modeling land use and land cover change: using a hindcast to estimate economic parameters in gcamland v2.0
Katherine V. Calvin
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Abigail Snyder
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Xin Zhao
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Marshall Wise
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD 20740, USA
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Short summary
Future changes in land use and cover have important implications for agriculture, energy, water use, and climate. In this study, we demonstrate a more systematic and empirically based approach to estimating a few key parameters for an economic model of land use and land cover change, gcamland. We identify parameter combinations that best replicate historical land use in the United States.
Future changes in land use and cover have important implications for agriculture, energy, water...
