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Integrated Ecosystem Model for Alaska - Arctic LCC

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TEM-DVM<br />

Terrestrial <strong>Ecosystem</strong> <strong>Model</strong>-Dynamic Vegetation Module<br />

• Calculates the pools and fluxes of carbon and nitrogen <strong>for</strong> a given set of plant<br />

functional types<br />

• Developed specifically to take into account high-latitude vegetation and<br />

processes (e.g., permafrost dynamics)<br />

• Includes competition among the plant functional types <strong>for</strong> light and nitrogen<br />

• Can be used at different spatial scales<br />

• <strong>Model</strong> simulates three major ecosystem types

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