Carbon stocks and fluxes for the conterminous United States 2001-2020
Estimates of ecosystem carbon dynamics for forested ecosystems of the conterminous United States
Dates
Publication Date
2022-02-02
Citation
Sleeter, B.M., and Selmants, P.C., 2022, Carbon stocks and fluxes for the conterminous United States 2001-2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QUIRNP.
Summary
Spatially explicit maps of annual forest carbon stocks and tabular estimates of land use/land cover change, LULC transitions, carbon stocks and carbon fluxes for selected regions and geographies. Estimates span the period from 2001-2020. Scenarios included are defined with a unique numerical identifier. scn160 = Full Simulation (Land use and Climate Effects) scn155 = Climate Effects only scn156 = No Effects included scn161 = Land Use Effects only Raster output is organized into three categories: CBM pools: Include 14 unique carbon pools used in the model, including 5 biomass pools and 9 dead organic matter (DOM) pools. IPCC pools: Include aggregations of CBM pool types corresponding to IPCC guidelines, including Aboveground [...]
Summary
Spatially explicit maps of annual forest carbon stocks and tabular estimates of land use/land cover change, LULC transitions, carbon stocks and carbon fluxes for selected regions and geographies. Estimates span the period from 2001-2020. Scenarios included are defined with a unique numerical identifier.
CBM pools: Include 14 unique carbon pools used in the model, including 5 biomass pools and 9 dead organic matter (DOM) pools.
IPCC pools: Include aggregations of CBM pool types corresponding to IPCC guidelines, including Aboveground live carbon, belowground live carbon, deadwood, litter, and soil.
Other pools: Include other aggregations of CBM pools.
Additional material can be found on the authors Github repository. The repo contains an empty LUCAS model which can be run to reproduce results and access all model inputs.
A manuscript published with Carbon Balance and Management describes the methodological approach.
Sleeter, B.M.; Frid, L.; Rayfield, B.; Daniel, C.J.; Zhu, Z.; Marvin, D.C., Operational assessment tool for forest carbon dynamics for the United States: a new spatially-explicit approach linking the LUCAS and CBM-CFS3 models, Carbon Balance and Management
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Sleeter, B.M., Frid, L., Rayfield, B., Daniel, C., Zhu, Z., and Marvin, D.C., 2022, Operational assessment tool for forest carbon dynamics for the United States: a new spatially explicit approach linking the LUCAS and CBM-CFS3 models: Carbon Balance and Management, v. 17, no. 1, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-022-00201-1.
The data provide new estimates of forest carbon dynamics in the conterminous U.S. using a new approach linking the CBM-CFS3 model of carbon dynamics with the LUCAS state-and-transition simulation model. The new approach can be used for providing near real-time updates of carbon stocks and fluxes as well as projections under a range of alternative scenarios.
