LBA-Model Intercomparison Project (LBA-MIP)

Created August 11, 2007
Updated October 24, 2008

The objective of the LBA-Model Intercomparison Project (LBA-MIP) is to bring together international biosphere-atmosphere modeling groups to understand how different models simulate the ecosystems and biogeophysical processes in the Amazon of South America. Forcing and validation data were provided by the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere (LBA) Experiment in Amazonia. The LBA-MIP is the result of discussions held during the Carbon Synthesis Workshop and the 10^th LBA-ECO Meeting held in Brasilia in early October 2006. This initiative is led by Luis Gustavo de Goncalves, Inez Fung, Humberto da Rocha and Scott Saleska. For more information, please e-mail the LBA-MIP Organizers.

• Meetings and Workshops
  • LBA-MIP Meeting at University of Maryland, May 2-3, 2008 (updated May 28, 2008)
  • Summary of LBA-MIP Informal Meeting at Fall 2007 AGU (updated February 1, 2008)
  • First LBA-Model Intercomparison Project (LBA-MIP) Workshop (November 26, 2007)
• Open Invitation to LBA Researchers
• Recent Messages Sent to the MIP Participants (last message sent March 12, 2008)
• Participants and Models (updated August 14, 2007)
• Experimental Protocol (Version 3.0, updated October 24, 2008)
  Previous Versions: Experimental Protocol (updated March 19, 2008), Experimental Protocol (updated June 6, 2007), Experimental Protocol Update (July 5, 2007 through August 14, 2007), Experimental Protocol (updated January 8, 2008), and Experimental Protocol (updated February 6, 2008)
• Driver Data Filling Methods (updated June 1, 2007)
• Document and File Version Control (updated August 14, 2007)
• Download Driver, MODIS, and Validation Data (updated February 10, 2008)
• Model Output Processing Tools (updated October 22, 2008)
• Model Data Upload Instructions
• Subscribe to the LBA-Model Intercomparison Project Collaborators Mailing List