Integrated Ecosystem Model for Alaska and Northwest Canada Project

David McGuire, T. Scott Rupp, Amy Breen, Eugenie S. Euskirchen, Sergey Marchenko, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Alec Bennett, W. Robert Bolton, Toby Carman, Hélène Genet, Tom Kurkowski, Mark Lara, Dmitry Nicolsky, Ruth Rutter, Kristen Timm

Posted on: 7/18/2022 - Updated on: 11/08/2023

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2016-01

Abstract

This report describes the progress made by the Integrated Ecosystem Model (IEM) for Alaska and Northwest Canada Project for the full duration of the project (September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2016).

The primary goal of this project was to develop the IEM modeling framework to integrate the driving components for and the interactions among disturbance regimes, permafrost dynamics, hydrology, and vegetation succession/migration for Alaska and Northwest Canada.

The major activities of the project include: (1) development and delivery of input data sets, (2) model coupling, (3) evaluation and applications of fire and vegetation dynamics, (4) evaluation and application of ecosystem carbon and energy balance, (5) evaluation and application of regional permafrost dynamics, (6) permafrost infrastructure modeling research, (7) development of a landscape thermokarst modeling capability, and (8) development of wetland modeling capability based on field studies.

Here we briefly describe the key accomplishments for each of the major activities of the project as well as a summary of next steps for each of the major activities.

Citation

McGuire, A.D., T.S. Rupp, A. Breen, E.S. Euskirchen, S. Marchenko, V. Romanovsky, A. Bennett, W.R. Bolton, T. Carman, H. Genet, T. Kurkowski, M. Lara, D. Nicolsky, R. Rutter, & K. Timm. (2016). Final Report: Integrated Ecosystem Model (IEM) for Alaska and Northwest Canada Project. Fairbanks, AK; Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning. 71 pages. doi: http://doi.org/10.21429/C9RP43.

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Affiliated Organizations

Arctic, Western Alaska, and Northwest Boreal Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

Affiliated Organizations

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

The USGS is a science organization that provides impartial information on the health of our ecosystems and environment, the natural hazards that threaten us, the natural resources we rely on, the impacts of climate and land-use change, and the core science systems that help us provide timely, relevant, and useable information.

North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative

The NPLCC is one of 22 LCCs established by the Department of Interior. The North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative is a self-directed partnership between federal agencies, states, Tribes/First Nations, non-governmental organizations, universities, and other entities to collaboratively define science needs and jointly address broad-scale conservation issues, such as climate change.