Title:

Historical and projected annual vegetation carbon data for the conterminous United States used in the TCSI statistic

Author(s):

Joyce, Linda A.; Kay, Shannon L.

Publication Year:

2026

How to Cite:

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Joyce, Linda A.; Kay, Shannon L. 2026. Historical and projected annual vegetation carbon data for the conterminous United States used in the TCSI statistic. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2026-0010

Abstract:

This data publication contains the gridded historical-modeled (1951-2000) and projected (2050-2099) mean annual total live vegetation carbon data (grams carbon per square meter) for the conterminous United States that were used to develop the Terrestrial Climate Stress Index (TCSI), as part of the 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment. Data include georeferenced TIF files containing stacked raster files with a 4 kilometer resolution grid of 1) annual historic vegetation carbon under the fire suppression model, 2) annual historic vegetation carbon under the no fire suppression model, and 3) projected vegetation carbon under a combination of five different global climate models (GCMs), two representative concentration pathways (RCPs), and 2 fire suppression scenarios (suppression and no suppression). This package also includes the tabular version of both the mean annual historic and projected vegetation carbon data for each raster grid cell.

Keywords:

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; environment; Climate change; Wildlife (or Fauna); Habitat management; vegetation change; carbon pool; RPA Assessment; Resources Planning Act Assessment; conterminous United States; CONUS

Related publications:

• Flitcroft, Rebecca L.; Bury, Gwendolynn W.; Joyce, Linda A.; Kay, Shannon L.; Knowles, Michael S.; Nelson, Mark D.; Warziniack, Travis. 2023. Biodiversity: Wildlife and Aquatic Biota. Chapter 10. https://doi.org/10.2737/WO-GTR-102-Chap10 In: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 2023. Future of America’s Forest and Rangelands: Forest Service 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment. General Technical Report. WO-102. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
• Joyce, Linda A.; Kay, Shannon L. 2026. Historical temperature and precipitation data for the conterminous United States used in TCSI statistic in the 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2026-0009

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