MC2 Dynamic Global Vegetation Model
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Description
MC2 is used for visualizing vegetation change. The model produces maps showing the distribution of current and future vegetation and above- and belowground carbon under appropriate assemblages of global circulation models as drivers of climate input.
Use
This model has many Forest Service and non-Forest Service users. It can be used by climate change coordinators at the regional and forest level, by forest plan revision teams, state and other land managers, tribes, collaboratives, and other nongovernmental organizations.
Contact: John Kim
Online Resources
Contact
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Person
John B. Kim, PhD
Research Biological Scientisthttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/john.kim
Fact Sheet
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Fact Sheet
https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/understory/mc2-dynamic-global-vegetation-model
Publications
- John B. Kim, Becky K. Kerns, Raymond J. Drapek, G. Stephen Pitts, Jessica E. Halofsky. 2018. Simulating vegetation response to climate change in the Blue Mountains with MC2 dynamic global vegetation model
- David R. Conklin, James Lenihan, Dominique Bachelet, Ronald P. Neilson, John B. Kim. 2016. MCFire model technical description
- Raymond J. Drapek, John B. Kim, Ronald P. Neilson. 2015. The Dynamic General Vegetation Model MC1 over the United States and Canada at a 5-arcminute resolution: model inputs and outputs
Last updated June 4, 2025