In recent years, significant model developments have been made in modelling peatland ecosystems. These developments have been motivated by the importance of these ecosystems to green-house gas emissions and to forestry. Therefore, it is also central to understand how they respond to changing conditions and management.
In this seminar, we take a look at processes driving peatland ghg emissions and growth, as well as novel modelling approaches to quantify their ghg impacts at larger scales. The seminar is organised by SOMPA project and UNITE flagship.
Sign up: https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/Luke_modelling_seminar_3620
First session, chair Mikko Peltoniemi, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
09:00 Opening
09:05 Annamari Lauren, University of Eastern Finland: Towards holistic simulation models in peatland research
09:25 Leena Stenberg, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke): Simulating the effect of strip cuttings on drained peatland forest water table
09:45 Iniaki Urzainqui, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke): Restoration through dams. A hydrological modelof an Indonesian peatland
10:05 Paavo Ojanen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke): Peat soil greenhouse gas emissions due to various harvesting types in continuous cover vs. rotation forestry
Break
Second session, chair Kersti Leppä, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
10:40 Aleksi Lehtonen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke): Assessing the emission reduction potential of continuous cover forestry on drained peatlands in Finland by MELA model
11:00 Tiina Markkanen, Finnish Meteorological Institute: Climate scenario simulations of peatland forest site carbon balances under continuous cover and rotation forestry
11:20 Inese Huttunen, Finnish Environment Institute: Joint use of the PREBAS and VEMALA models in catchment scale scenario analyses – plans for pilot areas
11:40 Closing
