Carbon cycle modelling

Towards the monitoring of natural terrestrial carbon sources and sinks

CNRM has developed the SURFEX surface modelling platform, designed to be coupled with both research and operational atmospheric and hydrological models. SURFEX includes the ISBA-A-gs land surface model, able to simulate photosynthesis, plant growth, and carbon storage. CNRM is involved in the GHG-Europe (project web site) and GEOLAND2 (project web site) European projects, focusing on the monitoring of carbon fluxes and on the assimilation of remote sensing data into land surface models. The objectives of the research studies using ISBA-A-gs are to assess and improve the model, and to develop the assimilation of satellite data into the model.

References

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