• DOI:10.1080/21580103.2014.987325
• Corpus ID: 129175719

Reviews of forest carbon dynamics models that use empirical yield curves: CBM-CFS3, CO2FIX, CASMOFOR, EFISCEN

@article{Kim2015ReviewsOF,
  title={Reviews of forest carbon dynamics models that use empirical yield curves: CBM-CFS3, CO2FIX, CASMOFOR, EFISCEN},
  author={Hojung Kim and Young-Hwan Kim and R. Youngchul Kim and Hyungbae Park},
  journal={Forest Science and Technology},
  year={2015},
  volume={11},
  pages={212 - 222}
}

• Hojung Kim, Young-Hwan Kim, +1 author Hyungbae Park
• Published 7 April 2015
• Environmental Science
• Forest Science and Technology

In this study we analyzed forest carbon models that use growth yield curve: CBM-CFS3, CO2FIX, CASMOFOR, and EFISCEN. Relatively speaking, CBM-CFS3 is expected to give high accuracy in the estimation of forest carbon with diverse inputs and detailed compartments in biomass pools and dead organic matter pools, and handle C dynamics which is related to disturbance and land-use changes deeply in both small-scale and large-scale forests. CO2FIX has various extended modules based on a cohort approach, which is suitable for those interested in wide-ranging factors related to carbon dynamics in small-scale forests. CASMOFOR presents various pools with related processes and, especially, makes afforestation a major issue in both small- and large-scale forests. EFISCEN can project forest carbon dynamics in combination with diverse scenarios driven from multiple models, with matrix structure large-scale forest ecosystem processes described simply and efficiently.