Modelling feedbacks between human and  natural processes in the land system

Robinson, Derek T.; Di Vittorio, Alan; Alexander, Peter; Arneth, Almut; Barton, C. Michael; Brown, Daniel G.; Kettner, Albert; Lemmen, Carsten; O'Neill, Brian C.; Janssen, Marco; Pugh, Thomas A. M.; Rabin, Sam S.; Rounsevell, Mark; Syvitski, James P.; Ullah, Isaac; Verburg, Peter H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-895-2018

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Earth Syst. Dynam., 9, 895–914, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-895-2018

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Special issue: Social dynamics and planetary boundaries in Earth system...

Earth Syst. Dynam., 9, 895–914, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-895-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

ESD Reviews 26 Jun 2018

ESD Reviews | 26 Jun 2018

Modelling feedbacks between human and natural processes in the land system

Derek T. Robinson et al.

Data sets

MedLanD Modeling Laboratory v.1 (Version 1.1.0) C. M. Barton, I. Ullah, G. Mayer, S. Bergin, H. Sarjoughian, and H. Mitasova https://www.comses.net/codebases/4609/releases/1.1.0/

PLUMv2 P. Alexander and R. Henry https://bitbucket.org/alexanpe/plumv2/src/RCP paper

Adaptation of global land use and management intensity to changes in climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide P. Alexander, S. Rabin, P. Anthoni, R. Henry, T. A. M. Pugh, M. D. A. Rounsevell, and A. Arnet https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14110

The integrated Earth System Model version 1 W. D. Collins, A. P. Craig, J. E. Truesdale, A. V. Di Vittorio, A. D. Jones, B. Bond-Lamberty, K. V. Calvin, J. A. Edmonds, S. H. Kim, A. M. Thomson, P. Patel, Y. Zhou, J. Mao, X. Shi, P. E. Thornton, L. P. Chini, and G. C. Hurtt https://gitub.com/ACME-Climate/iESM

CSDMS BMI Standards CSDMS Integration Facility https://github.com/bmi-forum

CSDMS main framework repository CSDMS Integration Facility https://github.com/csdms

CSDMS software contributions of the community CSDMS community contribution https://github.com/csdms-contrib

Dynamic Ecological Exurban Development (DEED) model v.1, SLUCE D. T. Robinson, S. Shipeng, M. Hutchins, R. L. Riolo, D. G. Brown, D. C. Parker, W. S. Currie, T. Filatova, and S. Kiger https://github.com/dtrobins/2013_DEED

Short summary

Understanding the complexity behind the rapid use of Earth’s resources requires modelling approaches that couple human and natural systems. We propose a framework that comprises the configuration, frequency of interaction, and coordination of communication between models along with eight lessons as guidelines to increase the success of coupled human–natural systems modelling initiatives. We also suggest a way to expedite model coupling and increase the longevity and interoperability of models.