Cook (NACP 2005) Project Profile   (updated 06-Aug-2014)
Project Title:A Modeling and Synthesis Thematic Data Center for the North American Carbon Program (MAST-DC)

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Project Duration: 2006 - 2014
Solicitation:NASA: North American Carbon Program (2005)
Successor Projects: Thornton (TE 2012)  
Abstract: The North American Carbon Program (NACP) is designed to quantify the magnitudes and distributions of carbon sources and sinks, explain the processes controlling them, and produce a consistent analysis of North America's carbon budget. To accomplish these ambitious goals, NACP requires an integrated data and information management system that will enable researchers to access, understand, use, and analyze large volumes of diverse data at multiple thematic, temporal, and spatial scales. The Modeling and Synthesis Thematic Data Center (MAST-DC) is an integral component of the NACP data system and will support NACP by providing data products and data management services needed for modeling and synthesis activities. The overall objective of MAST-DC is to provide advanced data management support to NACP investigators and agencies performing modeling and synthesis activities. Based on specific requirements established by NACP, we will provide data products for modeling and synthesis in consistent and uniform grids, projections, and formats. The specific tasks of MAST-DC are (1) coordinate data management activities with NACP modelers and synthesis groups; (2) prepare and distribute model input data; (3) provide data management support for model outputs; (4) provide tools for accessing, subsetting and visualization; (5) provide data packages to evaluate model output; and (6) support synthesis activities, including data support for workshops. MAST-DC will provide data products and services required by NACP in a central location, with common and co-registered spatial projection, in easily converted formats. The MAST-DC will free modelers and those doing the synthesis and integration from having to perform data management functions. Consequently the MAST-DC will enable NACP participants to conduct their work more readily, facilitate the development of new model products needed by models, and assist in gaining new insights into the carbon cycle in North America.
Measurement Approaches:
  • Remote Sensing
  • Tall Tower Measurements
  • Flux Tower Measurements
  • In Situ Measurements
  • Modeling
  • Synthesis
 Project Associations:
  • Ameriflux
  • LTER

Participants:

Latha Baskaran, JPL
Carroll Curtis, 
Shishi Liu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Yun (Jerry) Pan, 
Wilfred (Mac) Post, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Paul Stoy, University of Wisconsin
Peter Thornton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Michele Thornton, ORNL DAAC
Suresh Vannan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Yaxing Wei, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Bruce Wilson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Nina Zhang, LLNL

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Project URL(s): http://nacp.ornl.gov/mast-dc/
Intensive Campaign
Participation:		Mid-Continent Intensive (MCI) Campaign

 
Data
Products:
Product Title:  Daymet Data Product
Description:  The NACP Modeling and Synthesis Thematic Data Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has prepared the Daymet data product--gridded daily meteorological data for North America (south of 52 degrees North). Daymet is based on station data for the period 1980 -2008, is gridded to 1-km x 1-km resolution, and includes daily estimates for maximum and minimum temperature, radiation, humidity, precipitation, and snow water equivalent. Data are available in 2 degree tiles in netCDF file format. The Web site includes several different data access methods for the gridded data, as well as a detailed description of how the Daymet product is generated (Thornton et al. 1997).

For site-based studies, we offer the 'Single Pixel Extraction' tool:
http://daymet.ornl.gov/singlepixel

Examples of output from the Single Pixel Extraction tool:
Visualization of Daymet data for Harvard Forest flux tower location (2005-2008)
http://bit.ly/IISrTk

Download of Daymet data for the Harvard Forest flux tower site (1980 - 2008)
http://bit.ly/KMcwbX

Daymet data are generated as part of the NASA-funded North American Carbon Program Modeling and Synthesis Data Center (MAST-DC), with additional support from the Office of Biological and Environmental Research at DOE.
Status:  Archived
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Potential Users:  modellers and carbon scientists who need longterm georeferenced meteorological data
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Date When Product Available:  2011-01-01
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Data Server URL(s):

http://daymet.ornl.gov
Archived Data Citation:  Thornton, P.E., M.M. Thornton, B.W. Mayer, N. Wilhelmi, Y. Wei, R. Devarakonda, and R.B. Cook. 2014. Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 2. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. Accessed Month DD, YYYY. Time period: YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD. Spatial range: N=DD.DD, S=DD.DD, E=DDD.DD, W=DDD.DD. DOI: 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1219

 
Publications: Huntzinger, D. N., Schwalm, C., Michalak, A. M., Schaefer, K., King, A. W., Wei, Y., Jacobson, A., Liu, S., Cook, R. B., Post, W. M., Berthier, G., Hayes, D., Huang, M., Ito, A., Lei, H., Lu, C., Mao, J., Peng, C. H., Peng, S., Poulter, B., Riccuito, D., Shi, X., Tian, H., Wang, W., Zeng, N., Zhao, F., Zhu, Q. 2013. The North American Carbon Program Multi-Scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project - Part 1: Overview and experimental design. Geoscientific Model Development. 6(6), 2121-2133. DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-2121-2013

Liu, S., Wei, Y., Post, W. M., Cook, R. B., Schaefer, K., Thornton, M. M. 2013. The Unified North American Soil Map and its implication on the soil organic carbon stock in North America. Biogeosciences. 10(5), 2915-2930. DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2915-2013

Richardson, A. D., Anderson, R. S., Arain, M. A., Barr, A. G., Bohrer, G., Chen, G., Chen, J. M., Ciais, P., Davis, K. J., Desai, A. R., Dietze, M. C., Dragoni, D., Garrity, S. R., Gough, C. M., Grant, R., Hollinger, D. Y., Margolis, H. A., McCaughey, H., Migliavacca, M., Monson, R. K., Munger, J. W., Poulter, B., Raczka, B. M., Ricciuto, D. M., Sahoo, A. K., Schaefer, K., Tian, H., Vargas, R., Verbeeck, H., Xiao, J., Xue, Y. 2011. Terrestrial biosphere models need better representation of vegetation phenology: results from the North American Carbon Program Site Synthesis. Global Change Biology. 18(2), 566-584. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02562.x

Dietze, M. C., Vargas, R., Richardson, A. D., Stoy, P. C., Barr, A. G., Anderson, R. S., Arain, M. A., Baker, I. T., Black, T. A., Chen, J. M., Ciais, P., Flanagan, L. B., Gough, C. M., Grant, R. F., Hollinger, D., Izaurralde, R. C., Kucharik, C. J., Lafleur, P., Liu, S., Lokupitiya, E., Luo, Y., Munger, J. W., Peng, C., Poulter, B., Price, D. T., Ricciuto, D. M., Riley, W. J., Sahoo, A. K., Schaefer, K., Suyker, A. E., Tian, H., Tonitto, C., Verbeeck, H., Verma, S. B., Wang, W., Weng, E. 2011. Characterizing the performance of ecosystem models across time scales: A spectral analysis of the North American Carbon Program site-level synthesis. Journal of Geophysical Research. 116(G4). DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001661

Schwalm, C. R., Williams, C. A., Schaefer, K., Anderson, R., Arain, M. A., Baker, I., Barr, A., Black, T. A., Chen, G., Chen, J. M., Ciais, P., Davis, K. J., Desai, A., Dietze, M., Dragoni, D., Fischer, M. L., Flanagan, L. B., Grant, R., Gu, L., Hollinger, D., Izaurralde, R. C., Kucharik, C., Lafleur, P., Law, B. E., Li, L., Li, Z., Liu, S., Lokupitiya, E., Luo, Y., Ma, S., Margolis, H., Matamala, R., McCaughey, H., Monson, R. K., Oechel, W. C., Peng, C., Poulter, B., Price, D. T., Riciutto, D. M., Riley, W., Sahoo, A. K., Sprintsin, M., Sun, J., Tian, H., Tonitto, C., Verbeeck, H., Verma, S. B. 2010. A model-data intercomparison of CO2exchange across North America: Results from the North American Carbon Program site synthesis. Journal of Geophysical Research. 115. DOI: 10.1029/2009jg001229

Schaefer, K., Schwalm, C. R., Williams, C., Arain, M. A., Barr, A., Chen, J. M., Davis, K. J., Dimitrov, D., Hilton, T. W., Hollinger, D. Y., Humphreys, E., Poulter, B., Raczka, B. M., Richardson, A. D., Sahoo, A., Thornton, P., Vargas, R., Verbeeck, H., Anderson, R., Baker, I., Black, T. A., Bolstad, P., Chen, J., Curtis, P. S., Desai, A. R., Dietze, M., Dragoni, D., Gough, C., Grant, R. F., Gu, L., Jain, A., Kucharik, C., Law, B., Liu, S., Lokipitiya, E., Margolis, H. A., Matamala, R., McCaughey, J. H., Monson, R., Munger, J. W., Oechel, W., Peng, C., Price, D. T., Ricciuto, D., Riley, W. J., Roulet, N., Tian, H., Tonitto, C., Torn, M., Weng, E., Zhou, X. 2012. A model-data comparison of gross primary productivity: Results from the North American Carbon Program site synthesis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 117(G3). DOI: 10.1029/2012JG001960

Raczka, B. M., Davis, K. J., Huntzinger, D., Neilson, R. P., Poulter, B., Richardson, A. D., Xiao, J., Baker, I., Ciais, P., Keenan, T. F., Law, B., Post, W. M., Ricciuto, D., Schaefer, K., Tian, H., Tomelleri, E., Verbeeck, H., Viovy, N. 2013. Evaluation of continental carbon cycle simulations with North American flux tower observations. Ecological Monographs. 83(4), 531-556. DOI: 10.1890/12-0893.1

Hayes, D. J., Turner, D. P., Stinson, G., McGuire, A. D., Wei, Y., West, T. O., Heath, L. S., Jong, B., McConkey, B. G., Birdsey, R. A., Kurz, W. A., Jacobson, A. R., Huntzinger, D. N., Pan, Y., Post, W. M., Cook, R. B. 2012. Reconciling estimates of the contemporary North American carbon balance among terrestrial biosphere models, atmospheric inversions, and a new approach for estimating net ecosystem exchange from inventory-based data. Global Change Biology. 18(4), 1282-1299. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02627.x

Huntzinger, D. N., Post, W. M., Wei, Y., Michalak, A. M., West, T. O., Jacobson, A. R., Baker, I. T., Chen, J. M., Davis, K. J., Hayes, D. J., Hoffman, F. M., Jain, A. K., Liu, S., McGuire, A. D., Neilson, R. P., Potter, C., Poulter, B., Price, D., Raczka, B. M., Tian, H. Q., Thornton, P., Tomelleri, E., Viovy, N., Xiao, J., Yuan, W., Zeng, N., Zhao, M., Cook, R. 2012. North American Carbon Program (NACP) regional interim synthesis: Terrestrial biospheric model intercomparison. Ecological Modelling. 232, 144-157. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.02.004

Santos, E., Poco, J., Wei, Y., Liu, S., Cook, B., Williams, D. N., Silva, C. T. 2013. UV-CDAT: Analyzing Climate Datasets from a User's Perspective. Computing in Science & Engineering. 15(1), 94-103. DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2013.15

Stoy, P. C., Dietze, M. C., Richardson, A. D., Vargas, R., Barr, A. G., Anderson, R. S., Arain, M. A., Baker, I. T., Black, T. A., Chen, J. M., Cook, R. B., Gough, C. M., Grant, R. F., Hollinger, D. Y., Izaurralde, R. C., Kucharik, C. J., Lafleur, P., Law, B. E., Liu, S., Lokupitiya, E., Luo, Y., Munger, J. W., Peng, C., Poulter, B., Price, D. T., Ricciuto, D. M., Riley, W. J., Sahoo, A. K., Schaefer, K., Schwalm, C. R., Tian, H., Verbeeck, H., Weng, E. 2013. Evaluating the agreement between measurements and models of net ecosystem exchange at different times and timescales using wavelet coherence: an example using data from the North American Carbon Program Site-Level Interim Synthesis. Biogeosciences. 10(11), 6893-6909. DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-6893-2013

Barr, A. G., Richardson, A. D., Hollinger, D. Y., Papale, D., Arain, M. A., Black, T. A., Bohrer, G., Dragoni, D., Fischer, M. L., Gu, L., Law, B. E., Margolis, H. A., McCaughey, J. H., Munger, J. W., Oechel, W., Schaeffer, K. 2013. Use of change-point detection for friction-velocity threshold evaluation in eddy-covariance studies. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 171-172, 31-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.11.023

Wei, Y., Liu, S., Huntzinger, D. N., Michalak, A. M., Viovy, N., Post, W. M., Schwalm, C. R., Schaefer, K., Jacobson, A. R., Lu, C., Tian, H., Ricciuto, D. M., Cook, R. B., Mao, J., Shi, X. 2014. The North American Carbon Program Multi-scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project - Part 2: Environmental driver data. Geoscientific Model Development. 7(6), 2875-2893. DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-2875-2014

Vizcarra, N. 2013. The secrets of leaves. In: Sensing Our Planet: NASA Earth Science Research Features 2013, accessed January 30, 2014. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/featured-stories/featured-research/secrets-leaves. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/user-resources/sensing-our-planet/the-secrets-of-leaves

Archived Data Citations: Thornton, P.E., M.M. Thornton, B.W. Mayer, N. Wilhelmi, Y. Wei, R. Devarakonda, and R.B. Cook. 2014. Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 2. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. Accessed Month DD, YYYY. Time period: YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD. Spatial range: N=DD.DD, S=DD.DD, E=DDD.DD, W=DDD.DD. DOI: 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1219

2015 NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop Poster(s)
  • The North American Carbon Program Multi-scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project: Environmental driver data   --   (Yaxing Wei, Shishi Liu, Deborah Nicole Huntzinger, Anna M Michalak, Nicolas Viovy, Wilfred M. Post, Christopher R Schwalm, Kevin M Schaefer, Andrew R Jacobson, Chaoqun Lu, Hanqin Tian, Daniel Ricciuto, Robert B. Cook, Jiafu Mao, Xiaoying Shi)   [abstract]
5th NACP All-Investigators Meeting Posters (2015):
  • Best Practices for Preparing Carbon Cycle Science Data Sets to Share and Archive -- (Robert B. Cook, Yaxing Wei, Vivian Hutchison, Alison Boyer, Suresh Kumar Santhana Vannan, Leslie A. Hook) [abstract]   [poster]
  • The North American Carbon Program Multi-scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project: Environmental driver data -- (Yaxing Wei, Shishi Liu, Deborah Nicole Huntzinger, Anna M Michalak, Nicolas Viovy, Wilfred M. Post, Christopher R Schwalm, Kevin M Schaefer, Andrew R Jacobson, Chaoqun Lu, Hanqin Tian, Daniel Ricciuto, Robert B. Cook, Jiafu Mao, Xiaoying Shi) [abstract]   [poster]
  • Exploratory Studies of Visualization Design for Terrestrial Biosphere Model Analysis -- (Aritra Dasgupta, Jorge Poco, Yaxing Wei, William W. Hargrove, Christopher R Schwalm, Enrico Bertini, Deborah Nicole Huntzinger, Robert B. Cook, Claudio Silva) [abstract]   [poster]
  • Surface Weather Data with Uncertainty Quantifications for North America -- (Michele M Thornton, Peter E. Thornton, Benjamin W Mayer, Yaxing Wei, Ranjeet Devarakonda, Robert B Cook) [abstract]   [poster]
4th NACP All-Investigators Meeting Posters (2013):
  • The Unified North American Soil Map and Its Implication on the Soil Organic Carbon Stock in North America -- (Shishi Liu, Yaxing Wei, Wilfred M. Post, Robert B. Cook, Kevin M Schaefer) [abstract]
  • A Modeling and Synthesis Thematic Data Center for the North American Carbon Program -- (Yaxing Wei, Robert B. Cook, Wilfred M. Post, Peter E. Thornton, Deborah Nicole Huntzinger, Daniel Ricciuto, Daniel Hayes, Michele M. Thornton, Shishi Liu, Andy Jacobson, Kevin M Schaefer, Kenneth James Davis) [abstract]
3rd NACP All-Investigators Meeting Posters (2011):
  • Testing significant relationships between ecosystem models and carbon flux measurements across time and scale using wavelet coherence -- (Paul Stoy, Michael Dietze, Andrew David Richardson, Rodrigo Vargas) [abstract]
  • The contribution of land-cover uncertainty to estimates of the North American carbon budget and its sensitivity to climate -- (Ben Poulter) [abstract]
  • A Modeling and Synthesis Thematic Data Center for the North American Carbon Program -- (Robert B. Cook, Wilfred M. Post, Peter E. Thornton, Deborah N. Huntzinger, Daniel Ricciuto, Andy Jacobson, Kevin Schaefer, Kenneth J. Davis, Michele M. Thornton, Lisa Olsen, Barbara Jackson) [abstract]
  • North American Carbon Program (NACP) Interim Synthesis Project: Regional Forward Model Intercomparision -- (Deborah N. Huntzinger, Wilfred M. Post, Anna M. Michalak, Yaxing Wei, Andy R Jacobson, Robert B. Cook) [abstract]
  • The North American Carbon Program Multi-Scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project (MsTMIP) -- (Deborah N. Huntzinger, Kevin Schaefer, Wilfred M. Post, Andy R. Jacobson, Yaxing Wei, Robert B. Cook, Anna M. Michalak) [abstract]
2nd NACP All-Investigators Meeting Posters (2009):
  • Modeling and Synthesis Support for the North American Carbon Program -- (Robert B. Cook, Wilfred M. Post, Peter E. Thornton, Latha M. Baskaran, Lisa M. Olsen, Michele M. Thornton, Carroll N. Curtis, Jerry Y. Pan, Yaxing Wei, Steve L. Campbell) [abstract]   [poster]
2013 NASA Terrestrial Ecology Science Team Meeting Poster(s)
  • A Modeling and Synthesis Thematic Data Center for the North American Carbon Program   --   (Yaxing Wei, Robert B. Cook, Wilfred M. Post, Peter E. Thornton, Deborah Nicole Huntzinger, Daniel Ricciuto, Daniel Hayes, Michele M. Thornton, Shishi Liu, Andy Jacobson, Kevin M Schaefer, Kenneth James Davis)   [abstract]
2011 NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop Poster(s)
  • Multi-Scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project (MsTMIP): 2. Environmental Driver Data   --   (Yaxing Wei, Robert B. Cook, Deborah Nicole Huntzinger, Wilfred M. Post, Kevin M Schaefer, Andy Jacobson, Anna M Michalak, Shishi Liu)   [abstract]
  • Daymet: Gridded subdaily weather data for North America   --   (Michele M Thornton, Peter E. Thornton, Robert B. Cook, Yaxing Wei, Suresh Kumar Santhana Vannan, Peter I. Eby, Ranjeet Devarakonda)   [abstract]
  • A Modeling and Synthesis Thematic Data Center for the North American Carbon Program   --   (Robert B. Cook, Wilfred M. Post, Peter E. Thornton, Yaxing Wei, Deborah N. Huntzinger, Daniel M Ricciuto, Daniel J. Hayes, Andy Jacobson, Kevin M Schaefer, Kenneth James Davis, Michele M. Thornton, Barbara L. Jackson, Shihi Liu)   [abstract]
2010 NASA Terrestrial Ecology Science Team Meeting Poster(s)
  • A Modeling and Synthesis Thematic Data Center for the North American Carbon Program   --   (Robert Cook, W. Mac Post, Peter Thornton, Deborah Huntzinger, Dan Ricciuto, Andrew Jacobson, Kevin Schaeffer, Kenneth Davis, Michele Thornton, Lisa Olsen, Barbara L. Jacson)   [abstract]   [poster]
2008 NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop Posters
  • Modeling and Synthesis Support for the North American Carbon Program   --   (Robert B. Cook, Peter E. Thornton, W. M. Post, Bruce E. Wilson, Latha M. Baskaran)   [abstract]