TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rabin, Sam S.
A1  - Melton, Joe R.
A1  - Lasslop, Gitta
A1  - Bachelet, Dominique
A1  - Forrest, Matthew
A1  - Hantson, Stijn
A1  - Kaplan, Jed O.
A1  - Li, Fang
A1  - Mangeon, Stephane
A1  - Ward, Daniel S.
A1  - Yue, Chao
A1  - Arora, Vivek
A1  - Hickler, Thomas
A1  - Kloster, Silvia
A1  - Knorr, Wolfgang
A1  - Nieradzik, Lars
A1  - Spessa, Allan
A1  - Folberth, Gerd A.
A1  - Sheehan, Tim
A1  - Voulgarakis, Apostolos
A1  - Kelley, Douglas I.
A1  - Prentice, I. Colin
A1  - Sitch, Stephen
A1  - Harrison, Sandy P.
A1  - Arneth, Almut
T1  - The Fire Modeling Intercomparison Project (FireMIP), phase 1 : experimental and analytical protocols with detailed model descriptions
T2  - Geoscientific model development
N2  - The important role of fire in regulating vegetation community composition and contributions to emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols make it a critical component of dynamic global vegetation models and Earth system models. Over 2 decades of development, a wide variety of model structures and mechanisms have been designed and incorporated into global fire models, which have been linked to different vegetation models. However, there has not yet been a systematic examination of how these different strategies contribute to model performance. Here we describe the structure of the first phase of the Fire Model Intercomparison Project (FireMIP), which for the first time seeks to systematically compare a number of models. By combining a standardized set of input data and model experiments with a rigorous comparison of model outputs to each other and to observations, we will improve the understanding of what drives vegetation fire, how it can best be simulated, and what new or improved observational data could allow better constraints on model behavior. In this paper, we introduce the fire models used in the first phase of FireMIP, the simulation protocols applied, and the benchmarking system used to evaluate the models. We have also created supplementary tables that describe, in thorough mathematical detail, the structure of each model.
Y1  - 2017
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/44272
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-442721
SN  - 1991-9603
SN  - 1991-959X
N1  - © Author(s) 2017. CC Attribution 3.0 License.
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
SP  - 1175
EP  - 1197
PB  - Copernicus
CY  - Katlenburg-Lindau
ER  -