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EM Identity and Description
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EM ID
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New or revised model | EM-709 | New or revised model | Continuation of trends |
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EM Short Name
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Rate of Fire Spread | Pollinators on landfill sites, United Kingdom | VELMA v. 2.0 disturbance | CommunityViz, Albany county, Wyoming |
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EM Full Name
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Rate of Fire Spread | Pollinating insects on landfill sites, East Midlands, United Kingdon | VELMA (Visualizing Ecosystems for Land Management Assessment) version 2.0 disturbance | Wyoming Community Viz TM Partnership Phase I Pilot: Aquifer Protection and Community Viz TM in Albany County, Wyoming. |
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EM Source or Collection
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* | None | US EPA | * |
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EM Source Document ID
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306 | 389 | 366 |
479 ?Comment:Published as a report by the University of Wyoming, but no record of peer review. |
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Document Author
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Rothermel, Richard C. | Tarrant S., J. Ollerton, M. L Rahman, J. Tarrant, and D. McCollin | McKane, R. B., A. Brookes, K. Djang, M. Stieglitz, A. G. Abdelnour, F. Pan, J. J. Halama, P. B. Pettus and D. L. Phillips | Lieske, S. N., Mullen, S., Knapp, M., & Hamerlinck, J. D. |
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Document Year
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1972 | 2013 | 2014 | 2003 |
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Document Title
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A Mathematical model for predicting fire spread in wildland fuels | Grassland restoration on landfill sites in the East Midlands, United Kingdom: An evaluation of floral resources and pollinating insects | VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation | Wyoming Community Viz TM Partnership Phase I Pilot: Aquifer Protection and Community Viz TM in Albany County, Wyoming |
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Document Status
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Documented, not peer reviewed | Peer reviewed and published | * | Not peer reviewed but is published (explain in Comment) |
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Comments on Status
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Published USDA Forest Service report | Published journal manuscript | Published report | Published report |
Software and Access (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)
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EM ID
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New or revised model | EM-709 | New or revised model | Continuation of trends |
| http://firelab.org/project/farsite | Not applicable | https://www.epa.gov/water-research/visualizing-ecosystem-land-management-assessments-velma-model-20 | https://communityviz.com/ | |
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Contact Name
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Charles McHugh | Sam Tarrant | Robert B. McKane | Scott Lieske |
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Contact Address
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RMRS Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, 5775 US Highway 10 West, Missoula, MT 59808 | RSPB UK Headquarters, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, U.K. | U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Western Ecology Division, Corvallis, Oregon 97333 | Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics University of Wyoming, Laramie WY 82071 |
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cmchugh@fs.fed.us | sam.tarrant@rspb.org.uk | mckane.bob@epa.gov | lieske@uwyo.edu |
EM Description (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)
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Summary Description
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ABSTRACT: "The development of a mathematical model for predicting rate of fire spread and intensity applicable to a wide range of wildland fuels is presented from the conceptual stage through evaluation and demonstration of results to hypothetical fuel models. The model was developed for and is now being used as a basis for appraising fire spread and intensity in the National Fire Danger Rating System. The initial work was done using fuel arrays composed of uniform size particles. Three fuel sizes were tested over a wide range of bulk densities. These were 0.026-inch-square cut excelsior, 114-inch sticks, and 112-inch sticks. The problem of mixed fuel sizes was then resolved by weighting the various particle sizes that compose actual fuel arrays by either surface area or loading, depending upon the feature of the fire being predicted. The model is complete in the sense that no prior knowledge of a fuel's burning characteristics is required. All that is necessary are inputs describing the physical and chemical makeup of the fuel and the environmental conditions in which it is expected to burn. Inputs include fuel loading, fuel depth, fuel particle surface-area-to-volume ratio, fuel particle heat content, fuel particle moisture and mineral content, and the moisture content at which extinction can be expected. Environmental inputs are mean wind velocity and slope of terrain. For heterogeneous mixtures, the fuel properties are entered for each particle size. The model as originally conceived was for dead fuels in a uniform stratum contiguous to the ground, such as litter or grass. It has been found to be useful, however, for fuels ranging from pine needle litter to heavy logging slash and for California brush fields." **FARSITE4 will no longer be supported or available for download or further supported. FlamMap6 now includes FARSITE.** | ABSTRACT: "...Restored landfill sites are a significant potential reserve of semi-natural habitat, so their conservation value for supporting populations of pollinating insects was here examined by assessing whether the plant and pollinator assemblages of restored landfill sites are comparable to reference sites of existing wildlife value. Floral characteristics of the vegetation and the species richness and abundance of flower-visiting insect assemblages were compared between nine pairs of restored landfill sites and reference sites in the East Midlands of the United Kingdom, using standardized methods over two field seasons. …" AUTHOR'S DESCRIPTION: "The selection criteria for the landfill sites were greater than or equal to 50% of the site restored (to avoid undue influence from ongoing landfilling operations), greater than or equal to 0.5 ha in area and restored for greater than or equal to 4 years to allow establishment of vegetation. Comparison reference sites were the closest grassland sites of recognized nature conservation value, being designated as either Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) or Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)…All sites were surveyed three times each during the fieldwork season, in Spring, Summer, and Autumn. Paired sites were sampled on consecutive days whenever weather conditions permitted to reduce temporal bias. Standardized plant surveys were used (Dicks et al. 2002; Potts et al. 2006). Transects (100 × 2m) were centered from the approximate middle of the site and orientated using randomized bearing tables. All flowering plants were identified to species level…In the first year of study, plants in flower and flower visitors were surveyed using the same transects as for the floral resources surveys. The transect was left undisturbed for 20 minutes following the initial plant survey to allow the flower visitors to return. Each transect was surveyed at a rate of approximately 3m/minute for 30 minutes. All insects observed to touch the sexual parts of flowers were either captured using a butterfly net and transferred into individually labeled specimen jars, or directly captured into the jars. After the survey was completed, those insects that could be identified in the field were recorded and released. The flower-visitor surveys were conducted in the morning, within 1 hour of midday, and in the afternoon to sample those insects active at different times. Insects that could not be identified in the field were collected as voucher specimens for later identification. Identifications were verified using reference collections and by taxon specialists. Relatively low capture rates in the first year led to methods being altered in the second year when surveying followed a spiral pattern from a randomly determined point on the sites, at a standard pace of 10 m/minute for 30 minutes, following Nielsen and Bascompte (2007) and Kalikhman (2007). Given a 2-m wide transect, an area of approximately 600m2 was sampled in each | VELMA – Visualizing Ecosystems for Land Management Assessments - is a spatially distributed, eco-hydrological model that links a land surface hydrology model with a terrestrial biogeochemistry model for simulating the integrated responses of vegetation, soil, and water resources to interacting stressors. For example, VELMA can simulate how changes in climate and land use interact to affect soil water storage, surface and subsurface runoff, vertical drainage, evapotranspiration, vegetation and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, and transport of nitrate, ammonium, and dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen to water bodies. VELMA differs from other existing eco-hydrology models in its simplicity, flexibility, and theoretical foundation. The model has a user-friendly Graphics User Interface (GUI) for easy input of model parameter values. In addition, advanced visualization of simulation results can enhance understanding of results and underlying concepts. VELMA’s visualization and interactivity features are packaged in an open-source, open-platform programming environment (Java / Eclipse). The development team for VELMA version 2.0 includes Dr. Bob McKane and coworkers at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Western Ecology Division, Dr. Marc Stieglitz and coworkers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Dr. Feifei Pan at the University of North Texas. AUTHOR'S DESCRIPTION: "Understanding how disturbances such as harvest, fire and fertilization affect ecosystem services has been a major motivation in the development of VELMA. For example, how do disturbances such as forest harvest or the application of agronomic fertilizers affect hydrological and biogeochemical processes controlling water quality and quantity, carbon sequestration, production of greenhouse gases, etc.? Abdelnour et al. (2011, 2013) have already demonstrated the use of VELMA v1.0 to simulate the effects of forest clearcutting on ecohydrological processes that regulate a variety of ecosystem services. With the addition of a tissue-specific plant biomass (LSR) simulator and an enhanced GUI, VELMA v2.0 significantly expands the detail, flexibility, and ease of use for simulating disturbance effects. Currently available disturbance models include: - BurnDisturbanceModel, effects of fire. - GrazeDisturbanceModel, effects of grazing. - FertilizeLsrDisturbanceModel, effects of fertilizer applications. - HarvestLsrDisturbanceModel, effects of biomass harvest. Each of these disturbance models specifies where and when a disturbance event will occur. The Burn, Graze and Harvest models have options for specifying how much of each plant tissue and detritus pool (leaves, stems, roots) will be removed and where it goes (offsite and/or to a specified onsite C and N pools). The Fertilize model has options for applying nitrogen as ammonium, nitrate, urea and/or manure." | The Wyoming Community VizTM Partnership was established in 2001 to promote the use of geographic information system-based planning support systems and related decision support technologies in community land-use planning and economic development activities in the State of Wyoming. Partnership members include several state agencies, local governments and several nongovernment organizations. Partnership coordination is provided by the Wyoming Rural Development Council. Research and technical support is coordinated by the Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center’s Spatial Decision Support System Research Program at the University of Wyoming. In June 2002, the Partnership initiated a three-phase plan to promote Community VizTM based planning support systems in Wyoming. Phase I of the Partnership plan was a “proof of concept” pilot project set in Albany County in southeastern Wyoming. The goal of the project was to demonstrate the application of Community VizTM to a Wyoming-specific issue (in this case, aquifer protection) and to determine potential challenges for broader adoption in terms of data requirements, computing infrastructure and technological expertise. The results of the Phase I pilot project are detailed in this report. Efforts are currently underway to secure funding for Phase II of the plan, which expands the use of Community VizTM into four additional Wyoming communities. Specific Phase II objectives are to expand the type and number of issues addressed by Community VizTM and increase the use of Community VizTM in the planning process. As a part of Phase II the Partnership will create a technical assistance network aimed at assisting communities with the technical challenges in applying the software to their planning issues. The third phase will expand the program to more communities in the state, maintain the technical assistance network, and monitor the impact of Community VizTM on the planning process. |
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Specific Policy or Decision Context Cited
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* | None identified | * | None provided |
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Biophysical Context
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Not applicable | No additional description provided | * | Groundwater recharge area, City of Laramie |
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EM Scenario Drivers
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* | No scenarios presented | * | Continuation of trends |
EM Relationship to Other EMs or Applications
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EM ID
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New or revised model | EM-709 | New or revised model | Continuation of trends |
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Method Only, Application of Method or Model Run
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Method Only | Method + Application (multiple runs exist) | Method Only | Model Run Associated with a Specific EM Application |
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New or Pre-existing EM?
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New or revised model | New or revised model | New or revised model | Continuation of trends |
Related EMs (for example, other versions or derivations of this EM) described in ESML
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EM ID
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New or revised model | EM-709 | New or revised model | Continuation of trends |
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Document ID for related EM
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None | Doc-389 | Doc-13 | Doc-317 | Doc-366 | Doc-359 | Doc-473 |
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EM ID for related EM
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None | EM-697 | EM-883 | EM-884 | EM-375 | EM-379 | EM-380 | EM-605 | EM-892 | None |
EM Modeling Approach
EM Relationship to Time (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)
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EM ID
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New or revised model | EM-709 | New or revised model | Continuation of trends |
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EM Temporal Extent
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Not applicable | 2007-2008 | Not applicable | 2050 |
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EM Time Dependence
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Not applicable | time-stationary | time-dependent | * |
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EM Time Reference (Future/Past)
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EM Time Continuity
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* | Not applicable | discrete | * |
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EM Temporal Grain Size Value
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* | Not applicable | 1 | * |
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EM Temporal Grain Size Unit
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* | Not applicable | Day | * |
EM spatial extent (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)
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EM ID
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New or revised model | EM-709 | New or revised model | Continuation of trends |
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Bounding Type
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Not applicable | Multiple unrelated locations (e.g., meta-analysis) | Not applicable | Watershed/Catchment/HUC |
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Spatial Extent Name
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Not applicable | East Midlands | Not applicable | Laramie City's aquifer protection area |
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Spatial Extent Area (Magnitude)
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Not applicable | 1000-10,000 km^2. | Not applicable | 10-100 km^2 |
Spatial Distribution of Computations (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)
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EM ID
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EM Spatial Distribution
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Not applicable | spatially distributed (in at least some cases) | * | spatially lumped (in all cases) |
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Spatial Grain Type
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Not applicable | other (specify), for irregular (e.g., stream reach, lake basin) | area, for pixel or radial feature | Not applicable |
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Spatial Grain Size
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Not applicable | multiple unrelated locations | user defined | Not applicable |
EM Structure and Computation Approach (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)
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EM ID
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EM Computational Approach
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* | Analytic | Numeric | Numeric |
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EM Determinism
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* | deterministic | * | * |
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Statistical Estimation of EM
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Model Checking Procedures Used (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)
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EM ID
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Model Calibration Reported?
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Model Goodness of Fit Reported?
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* | Not applicable | * | No |
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Goodness of Fit (metric| value | unit)
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Model Operational Validation Reported?
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No | Not applicable | * | Unclear |
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Model Uncertainty Analysis Reported?
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Model Sensitivity Analysis Reported?
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Model Sensitivity Analysis Include Interactions?
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EM Locations, Environments, Ecology
Location of EM Application (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)
Terrestrial location (Classification hierarchy: Continent > Country > U.S. State [United States only])
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Marine location (Classification hierarchy: Realm > Region > Province > Ecoregion)
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Centroid Lat/Long (Decimal Degree)
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EM ID
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Centroid Latitude
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-9999 | 52.22 | Not applicable | 41.31 |
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Centroid Longitude
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-9999 | -0.91 | Not applicable | -105.46 |
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Centroid Datum
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Not applicable | WGS84 | Not applicable | * |
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Centroid Coordinates Status
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Not applicable | Estimated | Not applicable | * |
Environments and Scales Modeled (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)
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EM ID
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EM Environmental Sub-Class
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Terrestrial Environment (sub-classes not fully specified) | Created Greenspace | Grasslands | Terrestrial Environment (sub-classes not fully specified) | Ground Water | Terrestrial Environment (sub-classes not fully specified) |
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Specific Environment Type
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Not applicable | restored landfills and grasslands | Terrestrial environment sub-classes | watershed |
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EM Ecological Scale
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Ecological scale is finer than that of the Environmental Sub-class | Ecological scale corresponds to the Environmental Sub-class | Ecological scale is finer than that of the Environmental Sub-class | * |
Organisms modeled (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)
Scale of differentiation of organisms modeled
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EM Organismal Scale
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Not applicable | Individual or population, within a species | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Taxonomic level and name of organisms or groups identified
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EnviroAtlas URL
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| New or revised model | EM-709 | New or revised model | Continuation of trends |
| Average Annual Precipitation | GAP Ecological Systems | Carbon storage by tree biomass (kg/m2), Ecosystem Markets: Imperiled Species and Habitats | Dasymetric Allocation of Population, Total Annual Reduced Nitrogen Deposition, Employment Rate |
EM Ecosystem Goods and Services (EGS) potentially modeled, by classification system
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CICES v 4.3 - Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (Section > Division > Group > Class)
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(Environmental Subclass > Ecological End-Product (EEP) > EEP Subclass > EEP Modifier)
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