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Description

MAPSS (Mapped Atmosphere-Plant-Soil System) is a landscape to global vegetation distribution model that was developed to simulate the potential biosphere impacts and biosphere-atmosphere feedbacks from climatic change. Model output from MAPSS has been used extensively in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) regional and global assessments of climate change impacts on vegetation and in several other projects.

Product Summary

Platforms
NOT APPLICABLE
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Spatial Extent
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1995-01-01 to 1995-01-01
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2956546176-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Nitrogen,
Agricultural Lands,
Forests,
Grasslands,
Savannas,
Canopy Characteristics,
Phosphorus,
Sulfur

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Drapek, R., & Neilson, R. P. (2007). MAPSS: Mapped Atmosphere-Plant-Soil System Model, Version 1.0 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/853 Date Accessed: 2025-10-31

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