Required surface data, base spatial resolution, and method of aggregation to the model’s
grid.
|
Surface Field |
Resolution |
Source |
Aggregation Method |
|
Percent glacier |
0.5° |
Bonan et al. (2002) |
Area average |
|
Percent lake |
1° |
Bonan (1996) |
Area average |
|
Percent wetland |
1° |
Bonan (1996) |
Area average |
|
Percent sand, percent clay |
5-minute |
IGBP dataset of 4931 soil mapping units and their sand and clay content for each soil layer |
Soil mapping unit with greatest areal extent in grid cell |
|
Soil color |
2.8° (T42) |
Zeng et al. (2002) dataset of 8 color classes without brightened soil over the Sahara Desert and Arabian Peninsula |
Soil color class with greatest areal extent in grid cell |
|
PFTs (percent of vegetated land) |
0.5° |
Bonan et al. (2002) |
Area average, choosing 4 most abundant PFTs |
|
Monthly leaf and stem area index |
0.5° |
Bonan et al. (2002) |
Area average |
|
Canopy height (top, bottom) |
0.5° |
Bonan et al. (2002) |
Area average |