InVEST Carbon Model - Carbon pool data

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Hi @wenjing -

Please start a new thread with your questions, and include the entire log file (.txt file) that the model creates in your Workspace. Thanks!

~ Stacie

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@wenjing , would you please attach your logfile from this run so we can take a closer look?

Thanks,
James

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@wenjing As @swolny mentioned, it would be very helpful if you could create a new discussion topic with this question (and be sure to include your logfile!). Thanks in advance!

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Hello everyone,
I have just started to understand the Carbon sequestration model in InVEST. My question is how to calculate the carbon pool for the input into the model. I have reviewed this thread and found the link to resources, including the User Guide source from Reusch and Gibbs. But it is not accessible. It says “ESS-DIVE Service is unavailable. Please contact us if you have further questions.”
Is there any other means/way to calculate the carbon pool for the LULC classes?

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Hi @Tharun -

Looks like we need to update our User Guide. A quick web search finds the Reusch and Gibbs data here.

There are a lot of other, and more recent, global carbon biomass maps and products out there that you could use, either as alternatives to the InVEST carbon model, or to help determine your carbon pools. Generally, we recommend doing a literature search to see if anyone has quantified biomass data for your study area or country, or similar ecosystem types. Sometimes countries will have this information in their REDD documents, if they exist. Or researchers may have done such a study.

~ Stacie

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