Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) Carbon Reports
More and more natural resource managers are interested in the effects of planned management activities on forest carbon stocks. The FVS carbon reports were created in response to this need. These reports are part of the Fire and Fuels Extension to FVS and estimate the amount of carbon stored in various forest stand components, such as standing live and dead trees and surface fuels, over time. For experienced FVS users, they are easily accessed with the FFE keywords CarbRept, CarbCut, and CarbCalc or the Select Outputs > FFE Carbon Reports > Select Carbon Reports window. (For new FVS users, the FVS tutorial will help get you started with our software system.)
Model Documentation
- DRAFT The Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator: Updated Model Documentation (PDF, 02-02-2022, 6.1M) - The carbon reports are fully explained in the Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FFE-FVS) documentation.
- The Kane Experimental Forest carbon inventory: Carbon reporting with FVS
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Forest carbon estimation using the Forest Vegetation Simulator: Seven things you need to know
Supporting Documentation
- National scale biomass estimators for United States tree species - Jenkins and others (2003) contains a national set of biomass equations that can be selected with the FVS carbon reports.
- Methods for calculating forest ecosystem and harvested carbon with standard estimates for forest types of the United States - Smith and others (2006) documents the harvested carbon allocation to the products, landfill, and two emissions categories.
- Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry - Penman and others (2002) documents the use of a carbon to total dry mass ratio of 0.50 for standing trees.
- A model of forest floor carbon mass for United States forest types - Smith and Heath (2002) documents the use of a carbon to total dry mass ratio of 0.37 for the forest floor.
- Modeling in-situ pine root decomposition using data from a 60-year chronosequence - Ludovici and others (2002) supports the default root decay rate.