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The CENTURY model, Version 4, is a general model of plant-soil nutrient cycling that is being used to simulate carbon and nutrient dynamics for different types of ecosystems including grasslands, agricultural lands, forests and savannas. CENTURY is composed of a soil organic matter/ decomposition submodel, a water budget model, a grassland/crop submodel, a forest production submodel, and management and events scheduling functions. It computes the flow of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur through the model's compartments.

Product Summary

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NOT APPLICABLE
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Projects
Model Archive
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1995-01-01 to 1995-01-01
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2956545669-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Grasslands ,
Carbon ,
Nitrogen ,
Phosphorus ,
Agricultural Lands ,
Sulfur ,
Forests ,
Savannas

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Parton, W. J., Ojima, D. S., & Schimel, D. S. (2005). CENTURY: Modeling Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change, Version 4 (VEMAP 1995) (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/820 Date Accessed: 2026-09-19

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The Q10 of in situ microbial soil respiration varies with mean annual temperature, precipitation, pH, and plant cover: a meta-analysis and spatial prediction of Q10 Hacopian, Melanie T., Choreno-Parra, Eduardo Misael, De Araujo, Lirio Hadomi Aquino, Zhou, Andrea, Alster, Charlotte J., Randerson, James T., Treseder, Kathleen K. Grasslands, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Agricultural Lands, Sulfur, Forests, Savannas
Quantitative Approaches in Assessing Soil Organic Matter Dynamics for Murindangabo, Yves Theoneste, Kopecky, Marek, Konvalina, Petr, Ghorbani, Mohammad, Perna, Kristyna, Nguyen, Thi Giang, Bernas, Jaroslav, Baloch, Sadia Babar, Hoang, Trong Nghia, Eze, Festus Onyebuchi, Ali, Shahzaib Grasslands, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Agricultural Lands, Sulfur, Forests, Savannas
An assessment of production trends on the Great Plains from 1984 to 2017 Reeves, Matthew C., Hanberry, Brice B., Wilmer, Hailey, Kaplan, Nicole E., Lauenroth, William K. Grasslands, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Agricultural Lands, Sulfur, Forests, Savannas
Seasonal effects on the stoichiometry of microbes, primary production, and nutrient cycling Carfora, Kristin, Forgoston, Eric, Billings, Lora, Krumins, Jennifer Adams Grasslands, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Agricultural Lands, Sulfur, Forests, Savannas
Bacterial growth efficiency varies in soils under different land management practices Lee, Zarraz M., Schmidt, Thomas M. Grasslands, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Agricultural Lands, Sulfur, Forests, Savannas
Quantitative 13C NMR of whole and fractionated Iowa Mollisols for assessment of organic matter composition Fang, Xiaowen, Chua, Teresita, Schmidt-Rohr, Klaus, Thompson, Michael L. Grasslands, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Agricultural Lands, Sulfur, Forests, Savannas
Geographically explicit global modeling of land-use change, carbon sequestration, and biomass supply Rokityanskiy, Dmitry, Benitez, Pablo C., Kraxner, Florian, McCallum, Ian, Obersteiner, Michael, Rametsteiner, Ewald, Yamagata, Yoshiki Grasslands, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Agricultural Lands, Sulfur, Forests, Savannas
Implementation of a Two-Way Interactive Atmospheric and Ecological Model and Its Application to the Central United States Lu, Lixin, Pielke, Roger A., Liston, Glen E., Parton, William J., Ojima, Dennis, Hartman, Melannie Grasslands, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Agricultural Lands, Sulfur, Forests, Savannas
Implementation of a Two-Way Interactive Atmospheric and Ecological Model and Its Application to the Central United States. Lu, Lixin, Pielke, Roger A., Liston, Glen E., Parton, William J., Ojima, Dennis, Hartman, Melannie Grasslands, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Agricultural Lands, Sulfur, Forests, Savannas
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