?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4915%2F&rft.title=Incorporating+Natural+Vegetation+into+the+LUC+Project+Framework&rft.creator=Sitch%2C+S.&rft.creator=Minnen%2C+J.G.+van&rft.description=A+detailed+description+of+the+incorporation+of+natural+vegetation+within+the+larger+LUC+model+framework+is+given.+The+approach+focuses+on+first+adapting+and+then+coupling+three+existing+vegetation+models%3A+BIOME3+(Haxeltine+et+al.%2C+1996)%2C+BIOMEl+(Prentice+I.C.+et+al.%2C+1992)+and+the+CBM+(Kurz+W.A.+et+al.%2C+1992).+Section+1+concentrates+on+a+description+of+the+adaptations+made+to+BIOME3+and+BIOMEl+and+a+comparison+of+the+results+obtained+from+a+present+climate+run+for+Russia%2C+Mongolia+and+China+with+the+existing+LUC+natural+vegetation+data+set.+The+three+way+model+coupling+methodology+and+usage+within+the+larger+LUC+model+framework+is+given+in+Section+2.&rft.publisher=WP-96-112&rft.date=1996-12&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4915%2F1%2FWP-96-112.pdf&rft.identifier=++Sitch%2C+S.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1574.html%3E+%26+Minnen%2C+J.G.+van++(1996).++Incorporating+Natural+Vegetation+into+the+LUC+Project+Framework.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-112+++++