Distribution Maps of Net Primary Productivity (NPP) of Natural Vegetation and Related Climatic Resources

Hiroshi SEINO 
(National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences)

Japanese Version Here

The following distribution maps are included. Please click one.

Grid Cell Climate Data in Japan

• Source Data and Citation:

  Applied Meteorological Division: A preparatory study for the

  production of the mesh climatic data file (precipitation).

  Weather Service Bulletin, JMA, 52, 357-378 (1985) (in Japanese).

  Okamura, T., T. Wada and Y. Hayashi: A study for the production of the

  mesh climatic data file (temperature). Weather Service Bulletin, JMA,

  56, 1-16 (1989) (in Japanese).

  Masatsuka, A., S. Shinoki and K. Katsura: Calculation of the Solar Energy

  Resources in Every 1 Kilometer Grid Square All Over Japan. In: Estimation

  Method of Natural Energy Resources. GEP-I-8, Agriculture, Forestry and

  Fisheries Research Council Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry

  and Fisheries of Japan, 30-40 (1988) (in Japanese).

• Variables:

  (1) Average Monthly Surface Temperature (JMA*)

  (2) Monthly Average Precipitation (JMA*)

  (3) Average Monthly Surface Solar Radiation (NIAES**)

  *: Japan Meteorological Agency

  **: National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences

• Geographic References:

  Latitude/Longitude

• Geographic Coverage:

  Japan

• Geographic Sampling:

  Originally 30sec(Lat.) x 45sec(Long.) cell values interpolated

  from station observations. In this study, compiled data set of

  sampling of 5min(Lat.) x 7.5min(Long.) was used.

  IIASA Mean Monthly Temperature, Precipitation and Cloudiness

• Source Data Citation:

  Leemans, R., and W.P. Cramer, 1991: The IIASA Database for Mean

  Monthly Values of Temperature, Precipitation, and Cloudiness on

  a Global Terrestial Grid. Digital Raster Data on a 30 minute

  Geographic (lat/long) 360x720 grid. Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA.

• Variables:

  (1) Average Monthly Surface Temperature

  (2) Monthly Average Precipitation

  (3) "Cloudiness", expressed as percentage sunshine hours of

  potential hours per month at the land surface

• Geographic References:

  Latitude/Longitude

• Geographic Coverage:

  -90 to +90 degrees(S-N), and -180 to +180 degrees(W-E)

• Geographic Sampling:

  30-minute cell values interpolated from station observations using

  spatial model (see Leemans and Cramer, 1992)

  General Circulation Model (GCMs)

  Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS; Hansen et. al., 1983)

  Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL; Manabe and Wetherald, 1987)

  United Kingdom Meteorological Office (UKMO; Wilson and Mitchell, 1987)

  Related Papers

  Uchijima, Z. and Seino, H. (1985): Maps of Net Primary Productivity of

  Natural Vegetation on Continents (BCP-85-I-1-1). NIAES and KNAES,

  p.121 (in Japanese with English Summary).

  Uchijima, Z. and Seino, H. (1985) : Agroclimatic evaluation of net primary

  productivity of natural vegetation. (1) Chikugo model for evaluating

  net primary productivity. J. Agr. Met., 40(4), 343-352.

  Seino, H. and Uchijima, Z. (1985) : Agroclimatic evaluation of net primary

  productivity of natural vegatation. (2) Assessment of total net primary

  production in Japan. J. Agr. Met., 41(2), 139-144.

  (in Japanese with English Summary).

  Uchijima, Z. and Seino, H. (1985): Maps of Net Primary Productivity of

  Natural Vegetation in Japan (BCP-87-I-2-1). NIAES and KNAES, pp.102

  (in Japanese with English Summary).

  Uchijama, Z. and Seino, H. (1988) : Probable effect of CO₂-induced climatic

  change on agroclimatic resources and net primary productivity in Japan.

  Bulltain of National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, 4, 67-88.

  Seino, H. and Uchijima, Z. (1988) : Mesh Maps of Net Primary Productivity

  of Natural Vegetation of Japan (BCP-88-I-2-2). NIAES, pp.131

  Uchijima Z. and Seino, H. (1988) : An agroclimatic method of estimating net

  primary Productivity of natural vegetation. Japan Agricultural Research

  Quarterly, 21(4), 244-250.

  Seino, H. (1991) : Grid mesh maps of biomass resources in natural vegetation.

  In "Geographical Distribution of Biomass Resources in Japan

  (ed. H.Seino)", (BCP-91-I-2-1), 1-16.

  Seino, H., and Uchijima, Z. (1992) : Global distribution of net primary

  productivity of terrestrial vegetation, J. Agr. Met., 48(1), 39-48.

  Seino, H., and Uchijima, Z.(1993) : Assessment of net primary productivity

  of the Earth's natural vegetation. J. Agr. Met., 48(5), 859-862.