Implementing a dynamic representation of fire and harvest including subgrid-scale heterogeneity in the tile-based land surface model CLASSIC v1.45

Salvatore R. Curasi, Joe R. Melton, Elyn R. Humphreys, Txomin Hermosilla, and Michael A. Wulder

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2683-2024-supplement

Data sets

Implementing a dynamic representation of fire and harvest including subgrid-scale heterogeneity in a tile-based land surface model Salvatore R. Curasi et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8302974

National Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring System for Canada NFIS https://opendata.nfis.org/mapserver/nfis-change_eng.html

Map of Forest Management in Canada Natural Resources Canada https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/d8fa9a38-c4df-442a-8319-9bbcbdc29060

Model code and software

CLASSIC Joe Melton https://gitlab.com/cccma/classic

Short summary

Canadian forests are responding to fire, harvest, and climate change. Models need to quantify these processes and their carbon and energy cycling impacts. We develop a scheme that, based on satellite records, represents fire, harvest, and the sparsely vegetated areas that these processes generate. We evaluate model performance and demonstrate the impacts of disturbance on carbon and energy cycling. This work has implications for land surface modeling and assessing Canada’s terrestrial C cycle.