LBA-Model Intercomparison Project (LBA-MIP)

Created August 11, 2007
Updated May 8, 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
  • Summary of LBA-MIP Meeting at University of Maryland, May 2-3, 2008 (May 8, 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 (updated March 19, 2008)
  Previous Versions: 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 Data Upload Instructions
• Subscribe to the LBA-Model Intercomparison Project Collaborators Mailing List