Journal
COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES
Volume 49, Issue -, Pages 91-101Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.07.007
Keywords
Modeling; Multilayer canopy; MATLAB; Ecohydrology; Vegetation
Funding
- Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [ATM 06-28687, EAR 09-11205]
- National Science Foundation International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) [OISE-0900556]
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- California Institute of Technology
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Ecophysiological models that vertically resolve vegetation canopy states are becoming a powerful tool for studying the exchange of mass, energy, and momentum between the land surface and the atmosphere. A mechanistic multilayer canopy-soil-root system model (MLCan) developed by Drewry et al. (2010a) has been used to capture the emergent vegetation responses to elevated atmospheric CO2 for both C-3 and C-4 plants under various climate conditions. However, processing input data and setting up such a model can be time-consuming and error-prone. In this paper, a graphical user interface that has been developed for MLCan is presented. The design of this interface aims to provide visualization capabilities and interactive support for processing input meteorological forcing data and vegetation parameter values to facilitate the use of this model. In addition, the interface also provides graphical tools for analyzing the forcing data and simulated numerical results. The model and its interface are both written in the MATLAB programming language. Finally, an application of this model package for capturing the ecohydrological responses of three bioenergy crops (maize, miscanthus, and switchgrass) to local environmental drivers at two different sites in the Midwestern United States is presented. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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