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Below Ground Carbon (Croplands)

Estimates the amount of carbon stored in the soil and below the soil surface based on the Cool Farm Tool process model for cropland applications

unit

historic data availability

2017 (time series)

description

Baseline and changes in soil organic carbon stock of croplands using a combination of earth observation for practices monitoring, predictive modelling for carbon baseline estimation and an empirical carbon model for estimating annual changes. The model returns annual estimates of soil organic carbon stock in the top 30cm of soil.

methodology

Builds on the Soilgrids dataset for baselining soil carbon stocks, an in-house cover crops detection model built on optical satellite data (Sentinel 2) and the CoolFarmTool carbon cycle model. Our implementation has been certified as a qualified tool for Scope 3 GHG assessment.