ALAMOD

Coordinating institution : CNRS

Project leader : Bertrand Guenet
Project duration : 60 months | April 1st 2023 → March 31th 2028

Grant : 7 000 000 €

 

Institutionnal partnerships : AgroParisTech - IRD - CIRAD - Sorbonne Université - Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines - Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3 - Institut National de l'Information Géographique et Forestière - IFP Energies Nouvelles 

Changes in carbon stocks within continental ecosystems (soil and biomass) have a significant impact on atmospheric CO₂ concentrations and therefore on the climate. It is thus essential to develop predictive models capable of accurately simulating changes in carbon stocks. Testing and validating these models requires access to repeated stock measurements over time. Such datasets are highly valuable because they are difficult to produce: since soil carbon stocks change only slowly on an annual scale, relevant sites and monitoring networks must have been observed for at least a decade. The French research community maintains several networks and sites with time‑series measurements of carbon stock changes. However, these datasets are scattered, sometimes incomplete, or not easily accessible.

The objectives of the ALAMOD project are to:

• Identify and complete datasets produced by French sites and networks that monitor changes in carbon stocks (soil and biomass).
• Develop innovative methods based on IR spectroscopy and satellite imagery to complement these datasets.
• Develop a data warehouse and portal to make these interoperable datasets accessible.
• Compare carbon dynamics models used by the French research community using these datasets.
• Improve existing models or develop new ones to accurately simulate carbon stock changes across spatial scales and vegetation types.

ALAMOD will build on the data and expertise of several research infrastructures—AnaEE, IN‑SYLVA, ICOS—which will play a major role in the project. It will also mobilise the entire French community involved in developing and using models of carbon stock dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems. By federating these efforts, the project will deliver an unprecedented model‑evaluation tool and highly efficient models, ensuring that ALAMOD will have a major impact both academically and beyond.

Coordinators : Bertrand Guenet (CNRS, LG-ENS), Pierre Barré (CNRS, LG-ENS), Antonio Bispo (INRAE, Info&Sols), Christian Pichot (INRAE, URFM), Tiphaine Chevallier (IRD, Eco&Sols), Philippe Peylin (CNRS, LSCE) et Antoine Versini (CIRAD, Recyclage et Risque)

 

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