History of this website

1 Jan 2024
We released SEIB-DGVM version 3.11. This is a minor update for fixing bugs.

6 Dec 2023
Publication list was updated.

23 Nov 2023
We released a meteorological data generator based on CRU_JRA2.4.

13 Jun 2023
The model description document for version 3.10 was updated again.

9 Jun 2023
The model description document for version 3.10 was updated.

8 Jun 2023
The model description document for version 3.03 was updated. I am working on the description document for version 3.10.

18 Jan 2023
We released SEIB-DGVM version 3.10. This code corresponds with Sato et al. (2023) on Ecological Research.

9 Aug 2022
Climate data generator is now on service.

8 April 2022
Publication list was updated.

8 Dec 2020
We released SEIB-DGVM version 3.03. Besides small bug fixes, we prepared sample environment for small MPI computation. Climate data for a sample-MPI-run for a small rectangular area can be obtained on the net.

18 Oct 2018
We released SEIB-DGVM version 3.01. In this update, only the SEIB-Viewer was updated. No change has been done for the SEIB-DGVM itself.

1 May 2018
We released SEIB-DGVM version 3.01. This is a minor update for fixing bugs.

11 Jan 2018
We released SEIB-DGVM version 3.00.
This is a major update for attaching NOAH-LSM ver 2.7.1 into the SEIB-DGVM.

31 Dec 2017
Climatic data generator was modified so that it can generate climatic data to be inputted to SEIB-DGVM v3.0, which includes NOAH-LSM.

20 June 2017
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.82.
This is a minor update for fixing bugs, but its influence on the decomposition rate of Soil Organic Matter (SOM) is vast. For detail, please refer history.txt in the distribution package.
This error was also reported on the erratum page.

9 June 2017
Broken links on the 'Links' page were fixed.

19 Aug 2016
We released a new windows application "Virtual Forest Viewer", which enables to visualize 3D structure of simulated forests. Check it on the "Download" page.

22 July 2016
DOI link to the Sato et al. (2015) was provided on the 'Publications' page.

7 June 2016
Sato et al. (In press) was added on the 'Publications' page.

18 May 2016
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.81. This is a minor update for fixing bugs.

4 Dec 2015
On the erratum page, we reported errors in Sato & Ise (2012).

5 June 2015
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.80. This code corresponds with Sato et al. (2015) on JGR-Biogeosciences.

2 July 2014
On the erratum page, we reported errors in Sato et al. (2007) and Sato & Ise (2012).

25 June 2013
Ishii et al. (In press) was added on the 'Publications' page.

31 Dec 2012
Lists and external-links in the "Members" page were updated.

17 Dec 2012
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.71. This is a minor update for fixing bugs.

31 Jul 2012
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.70. Also, we added Sato & Ise (2012) in 'Publications' page.

12 March 2012
We reported an error in Sato et al. (2010) on the erratum page.

17 Nov 2011
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.62. Also, we added Watanabe et al. (2011) in 'Publications' page.

4 Jul 2011
Itoh (2011) was added on the 'Publications' page.

1 Mar 2011
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.61. This is a minor update for fixing bugs.

22 Jan 2011
Some simulation results (@ global scale) were added on "Output Examples".

3 Dec 2010
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.60. This is a major update that allows the model to input multiple year climate data. Due to this update, we also updated the climatic-data-generator, so that multiple year climate data can be generated. Please refer history.txt within the distribution package for the detail of this update.

2 Sep 2010
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.54.
This is a minor update for fixing a bug that occurred during the last update. Please refer history.txt within the distribution package for the detail of this update.

18 July 2010
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.54.
This is a minor update for fixing a bug that occurred during the last update. Please refer history.txt within the distribution package for the detail of this update.

18 May 2010
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.53.
This is a minor update for fixing some bugs. Please refer history.txt within the distribution package for this update.

23 March 2010
We reported an error in Sato et al. (2010) at erratum page.

23 Feb 2010
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.52.
Please refer history.txt within the distribution package for this update.

25 Jan 2010
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.51.
Please refer history.txt within the distribution package for this update.

2 Jan 2010
A document "How to use SEIB-DGVM under MS-Windows" was added on "Technical Memo" page. Only Japanese version is available, sorry.

31 Dec 2009
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.50.
Please refer history.txt within the distribution package for this update.

28 Oct 2009
We added Fujii et al. (2009) in 'Publications' page.

22 Oct 2009
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.42.
Submitted paper concerning adaptation of SEIB-DGVM for larch forest was finally accepted. Through its revision processes, we have modified some structures and parameters of the model. This version up reflects these changes on the code and parameter file.

14 Sep 2009
We reported an error in Sato et al. (2007) at erratum page.

1 Sep 2009
'Publications' was updated.

28 July 2009
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.41. Bugs in the previous version were fixed.

15 May 2009
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.40.

13 Feb 2009
We reported an error in Sato et al. (2007) at erratum page.

25 Dec 2008
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.30.

29 Sep 2008
A new member has been added to the "Members" page. Also, we added new simulation movies at the "Output example" page.

29 July 2008
We added new simulation movies at the "Output example" page.

20 May 2008
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.20.

2 June 2008
A new function, precipitation calibration with GPCP data, was introduced to climatic data generator.

20 May 2008
Ok, we released SEIB-DGVM version 2.11.

17 May 2008
Oops, we corrected error at erratum page. Stomate closes during night... We are going to release SEIB-DGVM version 2.11, which corrected this mistake, soon.

22 April 2008
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.10. Also, we reported new error at erratum page.

30 Jan 2008
We released SEIB-DGVM version 2.00. This is the first major update.

6 Dec 2007
We released SEIB-DGVM version 1.43. This is very minor update, which aims avoiding possible technical trouble.

13 Aug 2007
We released SEIB-DGVM v1.42. We also released climatic data generator for inputting SEIB-DGVM version 1.42 and later. Currently, only data of year 1990 is available.

5 Aug 2007
In Japanese version of the "Overview" page, we added new document "research plan for FY2007~2012"

18 May 2007
We released distribution package of SEIB-DGVM version 1.41j at 'Download page'. SEIB-Viewer in this package was also updated.

17 May 2007
Publications list & Erratum were updated.

25 March 2007
The list of action assignment for SEIB-DGVM was updated. It can be obtained from "download" page. Only Japanese version is available, sorry.

18 March 2007
Link page was updated.

27 Feb 2007
Erratum has provided.

17 Dec 2006
The 1st paper of the SEIB-DGVM has been available online. We provided DOI link on 'Publication' page.

12 Oct 2006
We released distribution package of SEIB-DGVM version 1.40j at 'Download page'. SEIB-Viewer in this package was also updated.

6 Sep 2006
The 1st paper of the SEIB-DGVM was accepted by Ecological Modelling. So, 'Publications' was updated.

2 July 2006
We released distribution package of SEIB-DGVM version 1.30 at 'Download page'. Currently, only Japanese version is available. From this version, we included SEIB-Viewer, which is a MS-Windows application to browse simulation results.

18 May 2006
We released code and specification document of SEIB-DGVM version 1.30 at 'Download page'. Currently, specification document in English is not available.

6 Apr 2006
We released specification document of SEIB-DGVM version 1.20 at 'Download page'. Currently, only Japanese version is available.

5 Apr 2006
We released SEIB-DGVM version 1.20. The list of renewals from the previous version is in readme.txt within the compressed file. We also updated figures in 'output examples' to the new version.

21 Mar 2006
I added "Q&A of SEIVB-DGVM" at "Overview" page. Currently, only Japanese version is available.

28 Feb 2006
PDF of Kawamiya et al. 2005 was uploaded on "Publication" page.

28 Dec 2005
We released SEIB-DGVM version 1.10. The list of renewals from the previous version can be found in readme.txt within the compressed file.

27 Dec 2005
We made a list of exercise of the current version of SEIB-DGVM. It can be obtained from "download" page. Only Japanese version is available, sorry.

20 Dec 2005
We made a list of related documents. It can be obtained from "download" page. Currently, only Japanese version is available.

9 Nov 2005
We released SEIB-DGVM version 1.02. The list of renewals from the previous version was written in readme.txt within the compressed file. Currently, only Japanese version is available.

4 Nov 2005
We released SEIB-DGVM version 1.01. The list of renewals from the previous version was written in readme.txt within the file. Currently, only Japanese version is available.

27 Oct 2005
Model description manuscript was uploaded. Currently, only Japanese version is available.

25 Oct 2005
Code and input data of SEIB-DGVM were uploaded. Currently, only Japanese versions (i.e., readme.txt is written in Japanese only) are available.

6 Oct 2005
Latest presentation slides (Japanese version) were uploaded. You can access them from Japanese title page.

3 Sep 2005
Some external link were added (@link page). Animations of forest dynamics were updated (@output example page).

18 July 2005
Blog was opened (written in Japanese only, sorry)

11 July 2005
'Output examples' was updated

8 July 2005
A report was added in the 'Publications'

14 May 2005
Pilot version was founded