VEMAP - Phase I Database: An Integrated INPUT Dataset for ECOSYSTEM and Vegetation Modeling for the Conterminous United States

The Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) is an ongoing multi-institutional, international effort addressing the response of biogeography and biogeochemistry models to environmental variability in climate and other drivers in both space and time domains. The VEMAP input database for the Phase I model intercomparison includes compiled and model-generated datasets of long-term mean climate, soils, vegetation, and climate change scenarios for the conterminous United States. The data are on a 0.5 degree latitude/longitude grid. The data files include a VEMAP User's Guide, selected data and model output images, and README files under each data subdirectory to explain individual files. Updates and additional information on VEMAP can be found at http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/vemap. Development of the VEMAP database was supported by NASA, Electronic Power Research Institute (EPRI), USDA Forest Service, and NSF through the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's Climate System Modeling Program.