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A metamodeling framework for extending the application domain of process-based ecological models

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Title A metamodeling framework for extending the application domain of process-based ecological models
 
Creator Sparks, Adam H.
Forbes, G.
Hijmans R.J.
Garrett, K.A.
 
Subject agriculture
climate
phytophthora infestans
environmental modelling
 
Description Process-based ecological models used to assess organisms' responses to environmental conditions often need input data at a high temporal resolution, e.g., hourly or daily weather data. Such input data may not be available at a high spatial resolution for large areas, limiting opportunities to use such models. Here we present a metamodeling framework to develop reduced form ecological models that use lower resolution input data than the original process models. We used generalized additive models to create metamodels for an existing model that uses hourly data to predict risk of potato late blight, caused by the plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans. The metamodels used daily or monthly weather data, and their predictions maintained the key features of the original model. This approach can be applied to other complex models, allowing them to be used more widely.
 
Date 2011-08
2014-08-15T12:13:23Z
2014-08-15T12:13:23Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Sparks AH, Forbes GA, Hijmans RJ, Garrett KA. 2011. A metamodeling framework for extending the application domain of process-based ecological models. Ecosphere 2(8):14 p.
2150-8925
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42088
https://doi.org/10.1890/ES11-00128.1
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyrighted; all rights reserved
Open Access
 
Format 14 p.
 
Publisher Wiley