X 0.5 deg. Monthly III.2.1 Input Global climate database on 0.5 deg. X 0.5 deg. X 0.5 deg. X 0.5 deg.
Resolution can be finer if climatic inputresolution is finer.
X 0.5 deg. Additional remarks This model has been used to study the possible effects of the doubling ofatmospheric CO2 on the distribution of the earth's biomes. The UKMO GCM, on the other hand,predicted slightly different biome patterns because it predicts warmer climatesin the future than the other three GCMs used. The developers of this modelhave also compared existing vegetation patterns with that of the predicted patterns using a Kappa statistic of vegetation classes per pixel.