Dear CLM scientists,
I am investigating the climatic effects of vegetation change and need to customize the land-use data for CLM. I have already created the land-use raw data using the clm5landusedatatool developed by Peter Lawrence, and I am now using mksurfdata_map to generate the surface data and land-use timeseries data that can drive the CLM model.
My question is:
When running mksurfdata_map, the default mksrf_flai file is
lnd/clm2/rawdata/pftcftlandusedynharv.0.25x0.25.MODIS.simyr1850-2015.c170412/mksrf_lai_78pfts_simyr2005.c170413.nc.
It seems that this file represents the global LAI distribution derived from MODIS for the year 2005.
If the land-use raw data I generated differs from the real-world vegetation distribution — for example, if I convert cropland in a certain region entirely into natural vegetation — do I need to regenerate the default mksrf_flai file so that it matches my customized land-use data?
If not, could you please explain why it is unnecessary?
If yes, how should the new mksrf_flai file be created?
Thank you in advance for your help.
I am investigating the climatic effects of vegetation change and need to customize the land-use data for CLM. I have already created the land-use raw data using the clm5landusedatatool developed by Peter Lawrence, and I am now using mksurfdata_map to generate the surface data and land-use timeseries data that can drive the CLM model.
My question is:
When running mksurfdata_map, the default mksrf_flai file is
lnd/clm2/rawdata/pftcftlandusedynharv.0.25x0.25.MODIS.simyr1850-2015.c170412/mksrf_lai_78pfts_simyr2005.c170413.nc.
It seems that this file represents the global LAI distribution derived from MODIS for the year 2005.
If the land-use raw data I generated differs from the real-world vegetation distribution — for example, if I convert cropland in a certain region entirely into natural vegetation — do I need to regenerate the default mksrf_flai file so that it matches my customized land-use data?
If not, could you please explain why it is unnecessary?
If yes, how should the new mksrf_flai file be created?
Thank you in advance for your help.