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The FullCAM Carbon Accounting Model: Development, Calibration and Implementation for the National Carbon Accounting System

National Carbon Accounting System - Technical Report No. 28

Gary P Richards, February 2001

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Abstract

Subsequent to the development of the Excel based CAMFor model for the Australian Greenhouse Office, work commenced on the development of an integrated model which combined the CAMFor model with the 3PG forest growth model, the GENDEC litter decomposition model and the Rothamsted soil carbon model (RothC). A parallel version of the CAMFor model (CAMAg) was developed for agricultural systems and is also integrated with GENDEC and the RothC model.

The model developed, known as FullCAM, integrates the CAMFor and CAMAg based routines to a single C code model capable of carbon accounting in transitional (afforestation, reforestation and deforestation) and mixed (e.g. agroforestry) systems. The FullCAM model can be run in a spatial mode which will integrate information drawn from the remotely sensed land-cover-change program, productivity surfaces and other ancillary data to perform various accounting routines.