Single-point CLM simulations with hillslope hydrology at Niwot Ridge, CO

In this study, we ran ecosystem-scale Community Land Model (CLM) simulations with a novel hillslope hydrology configuration to represent topographically heterogeneous alpine tundra vegetation across a moisture gradient at Niwot Ridge, Colorado, USA. We used local observations to evaluate our simulations and investigated the role of topography and aspect in mediating patterns of snow, productivity, soil moisture and temperature, as well as the potential exposure to climate change across an alpine tundra hillslope.

This dataset contains output files from single-point CLM simulations with the hillslope hydrology for the manuscript titled 'Topographic Heterogeneity and Aspect Moderate Exposure to Climate Change Across an Alpine Tundra Hillslope'. Local observations from Niwot Ridge, CO were used to force and evaluate these simulations to represent alpine tundra vegetation across a moisture gradient.

Our control simulations were modified to represent a site at Niwot Ridge referred to as the 'Saddle', with an east and west facing knoll and a lowland area between them. Three columns represent distinct moist, wet, and dry meadow vegetation communities. We used the same model setup to run additional experiments on north- and south-facing slopes. Simulations were run using input data from 2008-2021 (historical) and then extended to year 2100 (future) using an anomaly forcing protocol.

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  • Katya Jay
    katya.jay@colorado.edu
    Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research - University of Colorado Boulder

Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2008-01-01
    End:  2099-12-31

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Temporal Range Begin 2008-01-01
Temporal Range End 2099-12-31
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Bounding Box North Lat 40.05236
Bounding Box South Lat 40.05236
Bounding Box West Long -105.5832
Bounding Box East Long -105.5832
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Resource Support Name Katya Jay
Resource Support Email katya.jay@colorado.edu
Resource Support Organization Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research - University of Colorado Boulder
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Metadata Contact Name GDEX Curator
Metadata Contact Email gdex@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization UCAR/NCAR - GDEX

Author Katya Jay
William R. Wieder
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - GDEX
Publication Date 2023-08-03
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/pc9m-jx04
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Metadata Date 2023-08-03T11:13:44-06:00
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::efcf080d-2871-405f-8f08-0d2871d05f87
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Katya Jay, William R. Wieder. (2023). Single-point CLM simulations with hillslope hydrology at Niwot Ridge, CO. UCAR/NCAR - GDEX. https://doi.org/10.5065/pc9m-jx04. Accessed 09 December 2024.

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