Quantifying and mitigating the contribution of model uncertainty to predictions of the terrestrial carbon cycle
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The terrestrial biosphere is an integral component of the Earth system, serving as a buffer against the impacts of anthropogenic climate change and providing a wealth of ecosystem services to communities across the globe. However, its behavior and responses to environmental perturbations are challenging to model, mainly due to uncertainties involving model structure and parameterization. Despite a proliferation of targeted model development efforts, persistent disagreement between predictions from different state-of-the-art terrestrial biosphere models hinders the establishment and prioritization of robust management and restoration initiatives. In this dissertation, I develop methods for quantifying and mitigating the role of model uncertainty in predictions of the terrestrial carbon cycle. This was made possible via diverse, multi-scale Earth observations, which I integrate within a flexible ecosystem model--fusion framework. Together, this research provides new insight into the inter-relationship between structural and parametric uncertainties, and also highlights opportunities for using novel data to develop model parameterization strategies that yield realistic variability across the global land surface.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2023; ©2023 |
| Publication date | 2023; 2023 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Famiglietti, Caroline Alexa |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Konings, Alexandra |
| Thesis advisor | Konings, Alexandra |
| Thesis advisor | Field, Christopher B |
| Thesis advisor | Jackson, Rob, 1961- |
| Thesis advisor | Michalak, Anna M |
| Degree committee member | Field, Christopher B |
| Degree committee member | Jackson, Rob, 1961- |
| Degree committee member | Michalak, Anna M |
| Associated with | Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Earth System Science |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Caroline Alexa Famiglietti. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Earth System Science. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2023. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/by429xt7723 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2023 by Caroline Alexa Famiglietti
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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