Emerald Edge

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• simulation_inputs.zip

Exploratory data analysis

The econames of the forests' sub-areas are:

• Alaska Peninsula montane taiga
• British Columbia mainland coastal forests
• Central Pacific coastal forests
• Central and Southern Cascades forests
• Northern Pacific coastal forests
• Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra
• Puget lowland forests
• Queen Charlotte Islands
• Willamette Valley forests

Holdridge Lifezones

The Holdrige lifezones of the forests, as well as their ranges of temperatures are:

LifeZone	Low (°C)	High (°C)
Boreal moist forest	-1.49	7.81
Boreal rain forest	-5.49	10.67
Boreal wet forest	-4.15	10.47
Cool temperate moist forest	1.79	12.13
Cool temperate rain forest	3.28	10.68
Cool temperate steppe	2.54	6.01
Cool temperate wet forest	1.95	12.09
Polar desert	-19.47	5.41
Polar rain tundra	-5.69	8.65
Polar wet tundra	-5.42	7.41
Warm temperate moist forest	9.13	12.17

The distribution of the annual mean temperatures across the area is as followed:

Growth curve to be used in the simulation

Hemlock is the leading tree species. The curve below shows the growth in tree biomass through age.