Grant: Alliance Grants
Carleton University
$42,730.00
The Canadian Optimized High-Resolution Representation of the National Terrestrial Carbon Cycle (COHERENT-C)
EF 2023-24
Résumé
The Canadian Optimized High-Resolution Representation of the National Terrestrial Carbon Cycle (COHERENT-C) project is a partnership between Canada's academic carbon science community and Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). The main objective of this project is to rapidly advance Canada's skill at representing and predicting Canada's terrestrial carbon cycle as climate, disturbances, and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations evolve. The results of this project will include 1) annual summaries for policy makers on the past and future state of Canada's carbon sinks and sources, and 2) scientific publications and presentations detailing an improved understanding of the vulnerability of carbon cycle processes in Canadian forests, wetlands, and the North. By addressing these knowledge gaps, we will support Canada's ability to harness nature-based solutions to combat climate change and provide climate forecasts needed for climate change adaptation throughout the country. To achieve these results, COHERENT-C will mobilize a large group of academic and government collaborators to improve ECCC's open source community model, the Canadian Land Surface Scheme including Biogeochemical Cycles (CLASSIC). CLASSIC is the land component of ECCC's family of Earth System Models used by the climate science, impacts, and adaptation communities. The four areas of CLASSIC to be developed to better represent Canada's carbon budget are: 1) boreal forests, 2) peatlands, 3) Arctic ecosystems, and 4) disturbance impacts on these ecosystems. COHERENT-C will be the first attempt at a comprehensive process-based modelling of Canada's terrestrial carbon cycle and will be used to predict how the carbon sink and source status of our managed and unmanaged lands may change in the future. These efforts are aimed at supporting ECCC's implementation of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change and inform strategies to meet Canada's international commitments on climate change mitigation and sustainable development.
Programme
Alliance Grants
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
556430-2020
Name nom
Humphreys, Elyn ER
Department département
Geography and Environmental Studies
Organization id
23
Institution établissement
Carleton University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2023
Competition year année de concours
2020
Award amount
42730
Program id
ALLRP
Program name en
Alliance Grants
Program name fr
Subventions Alliance
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
405
Area of application group en
Environment
Area of application group fr
Environnement
Area of application en
Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes
Area of application fr
Modélisation et simulation mathématique des processus naturels
Research subject code
4403
Research subject group en
Atmospheric science
Research subject group fr
Biometeorology
Research subject en
Étude de l'atmosphère
Research subject fr
Biométéorologie
Application title
The Canadian Optimized High-Resolution Representation of the National Terrestrial Carbon Cycle (COHERENT-C)
Keyword
Arctic; biogeochemistry; boreal forest; carbon cycle; eddy covariance; fire; land surface modeling; northern terrestrial ecosystems; peatlands
Application summary
The Canadian Optimized High-Resolution Representation of the National Terrestrial Carbon Cycle (COHERENT-C) project is a partnership between Canada's academic carbon science community and Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). The main objective of this project is to rapidly advance Canada's skill at representing and predicting Canada's terrestrial carbon cycle as climate, disturbances, and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations evolve. The results of this project will include 1) annual summaries for policy makers on the past and future state of Canada's carbon sinks and sources, and 2) scientific publications and presentations detailing an improved understanding of the vulnerability of carbon cycle processes in Canadian forests, wetlands, and the North. By addressing these knowledge gaps, we will support Canada's ability to harness nature-based solutions to combat climate change and provide climate forecasts needed for climate change adaptation throughout the country. To achieve these results, COHERENT-C will mobilize a large group of academic and government collaborators to improve ECCC's open source community model, the Canadian Land Surface Scheme including Biogeochemical Cycles (CLASSIC). CLASSIC is the land component of ECCC's family of Earth System Models used by the climate science, impacts, and adaptation communities. The four areas of CLASSIC to be developed to better represent Canada's carbon budget are: 1) boreal forests, 2) peatlands, 3) Arctic ecosystems, and 4) disturbance impacts on these ecosystems. COHERENT-C will be the first attempt at a comprehensive process-based modelling of Canada's terrestrial carbon cycle and will be used to predict how the carbon sink and source status of our managed and unmanaged lands may change in the future. These efforts are aimed at supporting ECCC's implementation of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change and inform strategies to meet Canada's international commitments on climate change mitigation and sustainable development.
