The Integrated Ecosystem Model is designed to help resource managers understand the nature and expected rate of landscape change. Maps and other products generated by the IEM will illustrate how arctic and boreal landscapes are expected to alter due to climate-driven changes to vegetation, disturbance, hydrology, and permafrost. The products will also provide resource managers with an understanding of the uncertainty in the expected outcomes.

Purpose:

• ISO 19115 Topic Category (isoTopicCategory):
  • environment
• Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords (project):
  • LANDSCAPE PROCESSES,
  • SOIL TEMPERATURE,
  • PERMAFROST,
  • LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY,
  • WETLANDS,
  • DYNAMIC VEGETATION/ECOSYSTEM MODELS,
  • LAND COVER
• End User Types - Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCC End User Type):
  • Federal resource managers,
  • Academics & scientific researchers,
  • Interested public