r.green.biomassfor.theoretical

NAME

r.green.biomassfor.theoretical - Estimates potential bioenergy depending on forest increment, forest management and forest treatment

KEYWORDS

raster, biomass

SYNOPSIS

r.green.biomassfor.theoretical

r.green.biomassfor.theoretical --help

r.green.biomassfor.theoretical forest=name boundaries=name [energy_tops_hf=float] [forest_column_increment=string] [forest_column_yield_surface=string] [forest_column_management=string] [forest_column_treatment=string] [output_basename=name] [energy_cormometric_vol_hf=float] [energy_tops_cop=float] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

--overwrite: Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help: Print usage summary
--verbose: Verbose module output
--quiet: Quiet module output
--ui: Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

forest=name [required]: Name of vector parcel map; Name of vector parcel map
boundaries=name [required]: Name of vector boundaries map (boolean map); Name of vector boundaries map (boolean map)
energy_tops_hf=float: Energy for tops and branches in high forest in MWh/m³; Default: 0.49
forest_column_increment=string: Vector field of increment; Default: increment
forest_column_yield_surface=string: Vector field of stand surface (ha); Default: yield_surface
forest_column_management=string: Vector field of forest management (1: high forest, 2:coppice); Default: management
forest_column_treatment=string: Vector field of forest treatment (1: final felling, 2:thinning); Default: treatment
output_basename=name: Basename for potential bioenergy (HF,CC and total); Default: biomassfor
energy_cormometric_vol_hf=float: Energy for the whole tree in high forest (tops, branches and stem) in MWh/m³; Default: 1.97
energy_tops_cop=float: Energy for tops and branches for Coppices in MWh/m³; Default: 0.55

DESCRIPTION
NOTES
EXAMPLE
REFERENCE
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS

DESCRIPTION

Compute the theoretical biomass forestry residual potential, based on the annual/periodic forest increment.

NOTES

This module permits to evalute the maximum bio-energy from forest residual available in a particular area, on the base of the annual/periodic forest increment. The mandatory data input are a vector file with fields with values of increment, management, treatment, and forest surface. The increment value is expressed in cubic meters, the forest surface in hectares, the management is an integer value that can be 1 for high forest and 2 for coppice, the treatment is an integer field that can be 1 for final felling and 2 for thinning. The energy section contains the calorific parameters that permits to convert the biomass in energy. The output maps are expressed in Mwh.

EXAMPLE

This example shows a typical input vector file with a table composed by fields of increment, forest surface, management and treatment. This example is based on data of Maè Valley, one of the test area of the R.green project

input

increment	surface	management	treatment
35.87	1500	1	1
16.48	900	1	2
24.82	500	2	1

r.green.biomassfor.theoretical --overwrite forest=forest@biomasfor boundaries=Boundary@biomasfor forest_column_increment=increment forest_column_yield_surface=surface forest_column_management=management forest_column_treatment=treatment energy_tops_hs=0.49 energy_cormometric_vol_hf=1.97 energy_tops_cops=0.55 output_basename=mae

The output map is a standardize energy map with the pixel value equal to the corresponding bioenergy stimated.

REFERENCE

Sacchelli, S., Zambelli, P., Zatelli, P., Ciolli, M., 2013. Biomasfor - an open-source holistic model for the assessment of sustainable forest bioenergy. iFor. Biogeosci. For. 6, 285-293

AUTHORS

Francesco Geri, Pietro Zambelli, Sandro Sacchelli, Marco Ciolli

SOURCE CODE

Available at: r.green.biomassfor.theoretical source code (history)