ES Modeling
Managed by: Katalin Petz
There is a rapidly growing amount of data and (spatial and dynamic) models on ecosystem services scattered in many different places and stages of development. The ES-Partnership will provide quick access to the main available modeling initiatives.
The ES-Partnership and Earth Inc have developed a repository for eco-models. This repository is growing to include all of the best models in one convenient location.
If you know a model that should be included here, please send us a description of the model.
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List of models
There are three types of models:
1. Dynamic Global System Models
2. Spatial Regional Models
3. Specific Ecological Models
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> Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM)
AIM/emission model estimates greenhouse gas emissions and assesses policy options to reduce them. AIM/climate model forecasts concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and estimates the global mean temperature increase. AIM/impact model estimates climate change impacts on natural environment and socio-economy of the Asian-Pacific region.
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> Community Climate System Model (CCSM)
The CCSM is a coupled climate model for simulating the earth's climate system. Composed of four separate models simultaneously simulating the earth's atmosphere, ocean, land surface and sea-ice, and one central coupler component.
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> Cumulative Thread Model for the global ocean
The Cumulative Thread Model for the global ocean is model for simulating cumulative human impact on the ocean's ecosystems and estimating the vulnerability of different marine ecosystems.
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> Global Methodology for Mapping Human Impacts on the Biosphere (GLOBIO 3)
It is a global model for exploring the potential biodiversity impacts of human activities and environmental change under different policy scenarios. It is designed to support UNEP's activities relating to environmental assessment.
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> Global Unified Metamodel of the Biosphere (GUMBO)
The GUMBO is an exploration through simulation modeling into the global dynamics and interactions of the earth sociology, economy, and ecology. It represents the a synthesis and simplification of several existing global models to assess the dynamics and values of ecosystem services.
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> Hadley Centre Coupled Model & Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model (HadCM3 AOGCM)
It is a coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model used for IPCC projections.
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> Earth System Grid II (ESG)
Earth System Grid II is a research project addressing the challenges associated with enabling analysis of and knowledge development from global Earth System models: create a virtual collaborative environment that links distributed centers, users, models, and data.
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> ECHAM 5
It is an atmospheric general circulation model.
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> Integrated Biosphere Simulator (IBIS)
To better understand ecological processes, and to evaluate their response to human activity IBIS simulates a wide variety of processes within the Earth's terrestrial ecosystems.
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> International Futures (Ifs)
To better understand ecological processes, and to evaluate their response to human activity IBIS simulates a wide variety of processes within the Earth's terrestrial ecosystems.
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> Integrated Biosphere Simulator (IBIS)
This global modeling system aims to facilitate exploration of global futures through alternative scenarios. The model is integrated with a large database and represents the interacting demographic, economic, energy, agricultural, socio-political, and environmental subsystems within the global system.
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> Integrated Global System Model (IGSM)
This comprehensive tool analyzes interactions among humans and the climate system. It is used to study causes of global climate change and potential social and environmental consequences.
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> Lund-Potsdam-Jena managed Land Dynamic Global Vegetation and Water Balance Model (LPJmL)
LPJmL simulates vegetation composition and distribution as well as stocks and land-atmosphere exchange flows of carbon and water, for both natural and agricultural ecosystems at global level.
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> Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment (IMAGE)
IMAGE is an ecological-environmental framework that simulates the environmental consequences of human activities worldwide. It represents interactions between society, the biosphere and the climate system to assess sustainability issues like climate change, biodiversity and human well-being.
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> International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT)
The IMPACT model analyses the effects of population, investment, and trade scenarios on world crop and livestock commodities, and food security.
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> Multiscale Integrated Models of Ecosystem Services (MIMES)
MIMES is a suite of models that evaluates land use changes and subsequent effects on ecosystem services on global, regional and local levels.
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> Modular Earth Sub-model System (Messy)
Messy provides a bottom-up modular approach to study the interactions between Earth’s bio-physico-chemical processes.
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> WaterGAP2 (Water – Global Assessment and Prognosis)
WaterGAP, a global model of water availability and water use, was developed to assess the current water resources situation and to estimate the impact of global change on the problem of water scarcity.
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2. Spatial Regional Models
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> Artificial Intelligence for Ecosystems (ARIES)
ARIES is a new methodology and web application meant to assess the ecosystem services and illuminate their values to humans in order to make environmental decision-making more effective.
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> Advanced Terrestrial Ecosystem Analysis and Modelling (ATEAM)
ATEAM's main objective is to assess and model the vulnerability of human sectors relying on ecosystem services provided by major European terrestrial ecosystems with respect to global change.
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> Australian Connectivity Interface (Aus-ConnIe)
Aus-ConnIe has been developed as a tool for environmental scientists and managers to investigate the large-scale patterns of spatial connectivity around Australia.
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> Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST)
InVEST can model and map the delivery, distribution, and economic value of ecosystem services. This tool helps users visualize the impacts of potential decisions, identifying tradeoffs and compatibilities between environmental, economic, and social benefits.
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> Conversion of Land use and Its Effects (CLUE)
CLUE is a spatially explicit model for the analysis of Land Use Change and its Effects..
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> Models for Integrated Review and Assessment of Biodiversity in European Landscapes (MIRABEL)
It is an integrated conceptual framework to analyze the consequences of environmental change for biodiversity in Europe.
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> Patuxent Landscape Model (PLM)
It is a spatially explicit landscape simulation model designed to analyse the physical and biological dynamics of the Patuxent Watershed, conditioned on the socio-economic behaviour of the region.
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> SAVANNA – Landscape and Regional Ecosystem Model
Savanna is a spatially explicit, process-oriented landscape model of grassland, shrubland, savanna and forested ecosystems.
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3. Specific Ecological Models
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> Assessment of Estuarine Trophic Status (ASSETS)
The National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment/ASSessment of Estuarine Trophic Status (NEEA/ASSETS) is a screening model that uses a Pressure-State-Response framework to assess eutrophication.
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> Soil Organic Matter Model (CENTURY)
This soil organic model was developed to analyse the effects of management and global change on productivity and sustainability of agroecosystems.
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> Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE)
Ecopath with Ecosim is an ecological modeling software suite focused on marine ecosystems, fisheries and environmental effects.
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> European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model (ERSEM II)
It is a marine ecosystem model simulating the spatial pattern of ecological fluxes throughout trophic gradients.
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> Genetic Algorithm for Rule-set Production (GARP)-based species distribution models
GARP uses a genetic algorithm to predict the distribution of species of animals and plants from environmental data through a distribution model.
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> A Lagrangian Tool for Modelling Ichthyoplankton Dynamics (ICHTHYOP)
This tool has been developed to study how physical and biological factors affect the dynamics of fish eggs and larvae.
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> PICUS (Forest succession simulator)
The objective of the model is to simulate forest succession, management, carbon-, water-, and nitrogen-cycling under transient climate.
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> Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)
SWAT is a river basin scale model developed to quantify the impact of land management practices in large, complex watersheds.
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> The Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM)
The TEM is a process-based ecosystem model that describes carbon and nitrogen dynamics of plants and soils for terrestrial ecosystems of the globe.
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