Project Description
The TCCAS Study started in May 2023 and contributes to
ESA’s Carbon Science Cluster, focussing on its land
component. It builds upon the D&B model and the
TCCAS
that were developed
in the Landsurface Carbon Constellation (LCC) Study.
The current developer team is listed here.
The main objective of the present proposal is to increase the user (and developer) group beyond the LCC study team and to serve a world-wide user community.
In order to meet this overall objective, the project will:
- Streamline the model structure by introducing a single time step
of flexible length throughout the entire model, reflecting the widespread
availability of high temporal-resolution driving data
- Improve selected process representations in the model through detailed comparison with observations, while retaining the conceptual simplicity linked to its crucial capability to assimilate multiple data streams (particular the decomposition of soil organic matter and the link between root biomass and soil water balance)
- Add an alternative model for leaf level solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) into observation operator for SIF that is based on a widely used standard model
- Improve the scalability and numerical efficiency of D&B and the assimilation system
- Improve its versatility and compliance with further operating systems and compiler environments
- Provide a user manual and continuous user support.
- Provide training material and conduct a user training.
We encourage interested test users to get in Contact.