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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-4283-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-4283-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Model description paper
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28 Jul 2023
Model description paper |
| 28 Jul 2023
| 28 Jul 2023
TIMBER v0.1: a conceptual framework for emulating temperature responses to tree cover change
Shruti Nath
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Climate Analytics, Berlin, Germany
Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Lukas Gudmundsson
Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Jonas Schwaab
Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Gregory Duveiller
Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Steven J. De Hertog
Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Suqi Guo
Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Felix Havermann
Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Institute for Environmental studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands
Iris Manola
Institute for Environmental studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Julia Pongratz
Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Land Use in the Earth System, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Sonia I. Seneviratne
Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Carl F. Schleussner
Climate Analytics, Berlin, Germany
Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys) and Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Wim Thiery
Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Quentin Lejeune
Climate Analytics, Berlin, Germany
Data sets
LAMACLIMA_experiments_for_training_TIMBERv0.1 Shruti Nath, Steven Johan De Hertog, Suqi Guo, Felix Havermann, Fei Luo, Iris Manola, Julia Pongratz, and Wim Thiery https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7261374
A dataset mapping the potential biophysical effects of vegetation cover change Gregory Duveiller, Josh Hooker, and Alessandro Cescatti https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3829333.v1
Model code and software
snath-xoc/TIMBER-v0.1_Nath_et_al_2022: TIMBER (v0.1) Shruti Nath https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7261281
Short summary
Tree cover changes play a significant role in climate mitigation and adaptation. Their regional impacts are key in informing national-level decisions and prioritising areas for conservation efforts. We present a first step towards exploring these regional impacts using a simple statistical device, i.e. emulator. The emulator only needs to train on climate model outputs representing the maximal impacts of aff-, re-, and deforestation, from which it explores plausible in-between outcomes itself.
Tree cover changes play a significant role in climate mitigation and adaptation. Their regional...
