Articles | Volume 18, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-8401-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-8401-2025
Model description paper
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11 Nov 2025
Model description paper |  | 11 Nov 2025

BOSSE v1.0: the Biodiversity Observing System Simulation Experiment

Javier Pacheco-Labrador, Ulisse Gomarasca, Daniel E. Pabon-Moreno, Wantong Li, Mirco Migliavacca, Martin Jung, and Gregory Duveiller

Data sets

The Biodiversity Observing System Simulation Experiment (BOSSE v1.0) ERA5Land Meteorological time series Javier Pacheco-Labrador et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14717038

Model code and software

BOSSE v1.0: the Biodiversity Observing System Simulation Experiment (pyBOSSE) (v1.0) Javier Pacheco-Labrador https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14973471

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Short summary
Measuring biodiversity is necessary to assess its loss, evolution, and role in ecosystem functions. Satellites image the whole terrestrial surface and could cost-efficiently map plant diversity globally. However, developing the necessary methods lacks consistent and sufficient field measurements. Thus, we propose using a simulation tool that generates virtual ecosystems, with species properties and functions varying in response to meteorology and the respective remote sensing imagery.
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