edu.ucar.gdex::d312006 eng; USA utf-8 dataset NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange datahelp@ucar.edu https://gdex.ucar.edu NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange The Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX), managed by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at NSF NCAR, contains a large collection of meteorological, atmospheric composition, and oceanographic observations, and operational and reanalysis model outputs, integrated with NSF NCAR High Performance Compute services to support atmospheric and geosciences research. download pointOfContact 2026-04-21T18:19:04Z ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO19115:2003/Cor 1 2006 https://doi.org/10.5065/962A-QF62 Land cover data for MEGAN model d312006 2024-01-08 publication Guenther, Alex B. author NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research publisher MEGAN is a modeling system for estimating the net emission of gases and aerosols from terrestrial ecosystems into the atmosphere. Emissions are calculated for about 200 chemical species including biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) such as isoprene, a-pinene, methanol and acetone as well as some inorganic compounds (e.g., NO and CO). The model is driven by land cover, weather, and atmospheric chemical composition and uses simple mechanistic algorithms to account for the major known processes controlling biogenic emissions. MEGAN is a global model with a base resolution of ~1 km. It can run as a stand-alone model for generating emission inventories but has also being incorporated as an on-line component of chemistry/transport and earth system models including the CESM Community Land Model and WRF-Chem. The model was originally developed at NCAR and is described by Guenther et al. 2012 (https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/5/1471/2012/). This dataset includes global 30 second (~1 km^2) resolution datasets of the three required MEGAN land cover inputs (ecotypes, Growth forms, Leaf Area Index) and some inputs (soil fertilizer, nitrogen and land type) for the optional soil NOx model. completed datahelp@ucar.edu pointOfContact notPlanned dataset https://gdex.ucar.edu/images/ds_logos/default_200_200.png Logo thumbnail from URL png HDF5/NetCDF4 NetCDF dataset Resource Type 2021-03-30 revision 4.4 DataCite Metadata Working Group orginator resourceTypeGeneral MODELS > MODELS U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory GCMD 2026-04-15 revision 23.7 NASA Global Change Master Directory orginator Valids List: Platforms EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > NITROGEN EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION INDEX > LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI) U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory GCMD 2026-04-15 revision 23.7 NASA Global Change Master Directory orginator Valids List: Science and Services Keywords Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License None eng utf-8 climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange datahelp@ucar.edu https://gdex.ucar.edu distributor 23695.048 https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d312006/ https Dataset Description Related Link information https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d312006/dataaccess/ https Data Access Related Link download none asNeeded