I have to assess the vulnerability of forests to climate change, and therefore, which models are effective for forest type distributions and carbon-related functions, and which could be another model effective to estimate forest carbon flux/storage in the context of Nepal.
I think the type of model that you use will depend to a large extent on what data you have you input - especially with carbon flux models. The 'gold standard' models use extensive datasets. Can you give us an idea of what data you have access to?
Have a look at this website also.
https://www.globalforestwatch.org/blog/data-and-research/forest-carbon-flux-data-explained/
The effectiveness of models for various forest-types' distributions and carbon-related functions towards the vulnerability of forests to climate change, it has been extensively studied in the (mainly mountainous South) European context. Such indicative published studies for this issue are the following:
Zafeiriou, E., Mallidis, I., Galanopoulos, K. Arabatzis, G. (2018). Greenhouse gas emissions and economic performance in EU Agriculture: An empirical study in a non-linear framework. Sustainability, 10(11), 3837.
Zografidou, E., Petridis, K., Arabatzis, G., Dey, P. (2015). Optimal design of the renewable energy map of Greece using Weighted Goal-Programming and Data Envelopment Analysis. Computers & Operations Research, 66, 313-326.
Kolovos, K.G., Kyriakopoulos, G.L., Chalikias, M.S. (2011). Co-evaluation of basic woodfuel types used as alternative heating sources to existing energy network. Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, 12 (2), 733-742.
Kyriakopoulos, G.L., Kolovos, K.G., Chalikias, M.S. (2011). Woodfuels use for sustainable energy infrastructures' materialization. Global Environmental Policies: Impact, Management and Effects, 59-80.
Kyriakopoulos, G.L., Kolovos, K.G., Chalikias, M.S. (2010). Woodfuels prosperity towards a more sustainable energy production. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 112 CCIS (PART 2), 19-25.
Dear Yam Bahadur K.C.
First of al, I would like to appreciate you for this question. Since I know the climate of Nepal for some extent, I would suggest you three methods for carbon storage estimations:
Article Changes in vegetation net primary productivity from 1982 to ...
to learn more information related with this method)Hope it helps!
Forest carbon allocation modelling under climate change
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