Dataset

Plant Species and Climate Profile Predictions

Commons Hosting
Climate Commons Hosting Status: 
Eligible
Basic Information
Full Title: 
Plant Species and Climate Profile Predictions

This dataset provides viability scores that are estimates of the likelihood the climate is suitable for a particular species of plant. Modeled in this dataset are 76 species of trees and shrubs from the Western United States. Climate surfaces used in this modeling are generated from thin-plate spline interpolations of three different climate models and three different climate scenarios for the 2030, 2060, and 2090 time periods.

Creator: 
Nicholas L. Crookston
Publisher: 
Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service
Subjects:
Data Type:
Spatial Resolution: 
30 arcseconds
URL: 
http://forest.moscowfsl.wsu.edu/climate/species/index.php
Temporal Coverage: 
1990-2090
Date Issued: 
2009
Parameters / Choices
A dataset often contains many geodata layers representing the same kind of measurement, but for different values of some parameters - time periods, models or scenarios, different species, etc. A value must be chosen for each such parameter in order to select a specific layer or raster which associated a single value with each geographic location (cell). The parameters or choices relevant to selecting layers from this dataset are described here.
Climate Models: 
CGCM3
GFDL
HadCM3
Emission Scenarios: 
SRES A1B
SRES A2
SRES B1
Raster Grids available: 
(Other Grid) - described in Supplemental Info