Impact model: JULES-ES-VN6P3

ISIMIP3b
ISIMIP3a

Person responsible for model simulations in this simulation round

Anna Bradley: anna.bradley@metoffice.gov.uk, UK Met Office (UK)

Andrew Hartley: andrew.hartley@metoffice.gov.uk, UK Met Office (UK)

Additional persons involved: Eleanor Burke (eleanor.burke@metoffice.gov.uk)

Basic information

Model Version: 6.3

Confirm data for simulation round ISIMIP3a

Person responsible for model simulations in this simulation round

Anna Bradley: anna.bradley@metoffice.gov.uk, UK Met Office (UK)

Andrew Hartley: andrew.hartley@metoffice.gov.uk, UK Met Office (UK)

Additional persons involved: Eleanor Burke (eleanor.burke@metoffice.gov.uk)

Output Data

Experiments: (*) counterclim_histsoc_default, obsclim_histsoc_default
Climate Drivers: 20CRV3, 20CRV3-ERA5, 20CRV3-W5E5, GSWP3-W5E5
Date: 2023-08-09

Basic information

Model Version: 6.3

Model Homepage: http://jules-lsm.github.io/latest/index.html

Resolution

Spatial aggregation: regular grid

Horizontal resolution: 0.5°x0.5°

Vertically resolved: Yes

Number of vertical layers: Soil Layers - 4 (0.1, 0.25, 0.65, 2.0m)

Temporal resolution of input data: climate variables: daily

Temporal resolution of input data: co2: annual

Temporal resolution of input data: land use/land cover: annual

Temporal resolution of input data: soil: constant

Input data

Observed atmospheric climate data sets used: GSWP3-W5E5 (ISIMIP3a), 20CRv3, 20CRv3-ERA5, 20CRv3-W5E5

Emissions data sets used: Atmospheric composition (ISIMIP3a)

Land use data sets used: Historical, gridded land use

Other human influences data sets used: N-deposition

Other data sets used: Land-sea mask, Drainage direction map for river routing

Additional input data sets: Soil properties - HWSD

Climate variables: huss, sfcWind, tasmax, tas, tasmin, rlds, rsds, ps, pr

Spin-up

Was a spin-up performed?: Yes

Spin-up design: Length of spin up - 1801-1807 (repeating climate (number of times is unknown) until vegetation and soil carbon is stable) CO2 concentration - 1801-1807

Natural Vegetation

Natural vegetation partition: Plant functional types - 9 natural PFTs (tropical broadleaf evergreen trees (BET-Tr), temperate broadleaf evergreen trees (BET-Te), broadleaf deciduous trees (BDT), needleleaf evergreen trees (NET), needleleaf deciduous trees (NDT), C3 grasses (C3G), C4 grasses (C4G), evergreen shrubs (ESh) and deciduous shrubs (DSh)) and 4 managed PFTs (C3 and C4 crop and pasture (C3Cr, C4Cr, C3Pa and C4Pa)).

Natural vegetation dynamics: Height-based competition

Natural vegetation cover dataset: Not prescribed

Soil layers: Soil layers - 4 (thickness = 0.1, 0.25, 0.65, 2.0m)

Management & Adaptation Measures

Management: Land-use (crop and pasture prescribed)

Model set-up specifications

How do you simulate pasture (which pft)?: Pasture (prescribed from the ancillary)