RothCUK - a dynamic modelling system for estimating changes in soil C from mineral soils at 1-km resolution in the UK

被引:60
作者
Falloon, P.
Smith, P.
Bradley, R. I.
Milne, R.
Tomlinson, R.
Viner, D.
Livermore, M.
Brown, T.
机构
[1] Rothamsted Res, Agr & Environm Div, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, Herts, England
[2] Univ Aberdeen, Dept Plant & Soil Sci, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, Scotland
[3] Cranfield Univ, Natl Soil Res Inst, Bedford MK45 4DT, England
[4] Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Geog, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland
[5] CEH Edinburgh, Penicuik EH26 0QB, Midlothian, Scotland
[6] Univ E Anglia, Climate Impacts LINK Project, Climate Res Unit, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England
基金
英国自然环境研究理事会;
关键词
carbon sequestration; national; GIS; RothC; carbon dioxide; soils; UK; soil organic carbon (SOC); modelling; Kyoto; UNFCCC; land use change; climate change; inventory;
D O I
10.1111/j.1475-2743.2006.00028.x
中图分类号
S15 [土壤学];
学科分类号
0903 ; 090301 ;
摘要
We describe the development and application of an integrated data and modelling system for estimating soil carbon (C) fluxes from mineral soils caused by changes in climate, land use and land management at 1-km resolution in the UK (RothCUK). The system was developed with the aim of improving methods for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol accounting and integrates national scale data sets of soil properties, land use and climate with the Rothamsted carbon model (RothC). A preliminary estimate of soil C fluxes because of land use change (LUC) over the period 1990-2000 is presented as an example application of the system. RothCUK shows LUC to be a net source of CO2 from 1990 to 2000 although the RothC estimate was smaller (6488 kt C) than the estimate from the single exponential model (SEM) method currently used to calculate C fluxes due to LUC for the UK National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (mean: 9412 kt C). Based on previous studies, an uncertainty range in our estimates of +/- 50-100% seems plausible. In agreement with the SEM, RothCUK suggests that the largest single contributor to soil C fluxes from LUC was conversion of grassland to arable land. Differences between the results may be attributed to differences in the two models and the assumptions and underlying data used in making the calculations. The RothCUK system provides a powerful method for estimating changes in soil C stocks, enabling areas and management systems with particularly large changes in soil C stocks to be located at fine resolution.
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页码:274 / 288
页数:15
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