Overview

The Global Dynamical and Structural Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (GDSTEM) is a process-based ecosystem model that describes carbon, nitrogen, and water dynamics of plants and soils for terrestrial ecosystems of the globe. GDSTEM uses spatially referenced information on climate, elevation, soils, and vegetation, as well as soil- and vegetation-specific parameters, to estimate important carbon, nitrogen, and water fluxes and pool sizes of terrestrial ecosystems. GDSTEM normally operates on a monthly time step and at a 0.5° latitude/longitude spatial resolution, but the model has also been applied at finer temporal resolutions (daily) and at finer spatial resolutions (down to 1 hectare).

On this website, you will find a “roadmap” of the various features of GDSTEM, the team of developers, the past, current, and future activities focusing on model development and use, the products using the model, and a history of the model.