Launch of the first ALAMOD webinar

The theme of this first conference is the representation of agrosystems in models (state of play) and future directions for the two French models, STICS and ORCIDEE. The presentations will be followed by a discussion on how to improve interactions between the different groups of modellers in France.

Program

    15:00-15:30: The STICS model
    15:30-16:00: The ORCHIDEE model
    16:00-16:30: How to improve interaction between the different groups of modellers in France.

The STICS model is a dynamic, generic and robust model for simulating the soil-atmosphere-crop system. It is used to model (predict) the response of crops to different types of stress (hydric, nitrate, carbon levels in the soil, etc.) in order to compare strategies and anticipate climate change. This model was created in 1996 by INRA and is now adapted to almost twenty cultivated, annual, perennial, herbaceous and woody species.

The ORCHIDEE model (Organising Carbon and Hydrology In Dynamic Ecosystems) is the surface scheme of the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace's climate model. This system is capable of modelling and resolving the carbon cycle and the terrestrial biosphere, as well as the water and energy balances of continental surfaces, and studies what variations in various future climates will do to the flowering and leafing of plants (phenology).