05 minute intro to science - uaf-arctic-eco-modeling/dvm-dos-tem GitHub Wiki

General Science View

dvmdostem is a "process based bio-geo-chemical terrestrial ecosytem model". It operates on spatially explicit grid cells or pixels and can advance each grid cell or pixel through a variety of processes and time-steps.

Dynamic Vegetation Concepts

Rough outline of a Plant Functional Type with major pools and fluxes.

Soil Concepts

Process Concepts

This is not totally accurate (9/25/2015). At this time, the design for fire (a type of disturbance) makes it less of a landscape-level process, and more of a grid cell-level process.