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Welcome to the BNL Virtual
Laboratory for FACE. We are pleased to offer you what we believe
to be the first free to use web-based Virtual Laboratory for the study of
terrestrial plant ecosystem response to climate change.
We want the Virtual Laboratory to become an internationally important
resource for the modelling of plant physiology and the response
of terrestrial plant ecosystems to climate change and we need your
help to do that.
Our goal is to provide:
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Interactive ecosystem models in the
WebSim area that require nothing more than a web browser to run. Using
the very latest development techniques we can bring you open-standards based
interactive models that are easy to parameterise and run..
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Automated online models in the
WebServe area that allow parallel processing and incorporation
of Virtual Laboratory functionality into your applications. We
provide the processing power and models - you provide the research questions!
We aim to offer a real first - practical Internet
grid computing for plant biologists !
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Well documented open source model code and supporting scientific literature in
an online electronic library.Source
code thoroughly documented from both the perspective of its scientific content
and its software development structure. Documentation linked directly and
automatically to source code with unified modelling language descriptions of
key components.
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Model components
and a desktop
application built using the same source
code components used for WebSim and WebServe to provide you with an
application for download and processing on your computer.
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How do I get started?
You probably already have an Internet browser and provided that it is fairly
upto date (Internet Explorer 5+, Netscape 7+ or Opera 7+ for example) you can
begin working in the Virtual Laboratory straight away (find out more about
system Requirements).
If you are new to ecosystem modelling we recommend that you start by using the
WebSim online models. Read the
WebSim tutorial for futher advice and guidance on using the WebSim area
or just plunge straight in.
If you are an experienced model developer and looking for model components or a
desktop modelling application then check back again soon as we plan to
open up the component and desktop areas.
How can I find out more?
Many of your questions may have already been answered in the Virtual Laboratory
KnowledgeBase (FAQ) but if you have any questions or suggestions then
either contact us directly by
e-mail or use the FAQ - Ask a Question! facility to leave a question or the
Virtual Laboratory administrator.
If you want more in-depth information about how the models work then try reading
through the Library articles. We have provided documents in a variety of
formats for you to read either online or downloaded to your computer and we aim
to increase the bredth of their coverage as the Laboratory expands.
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