Data assessment of processes and their impacts on biodiversity and climate effects of forests
Using data from long-term monitoring sites and satellite observations, the CLIMB-FOREST team will assess and quantify climate effects occurring in forests across Europe.
All forests are different, forests have different ages, different management histories and contain trees of different sizes, density and species. We will be brining together multiple data sources to better identify and understand climate effects in different types of forest.
In this task we’ll assess the amounts of carbon stored in different forests and how this carbon is transferred within different forest ecosystems over time; how different forests with different management histories and micro-climates react to disturbances such as fires or extreme climate events; the relationship between soil properties and forest type, management, history and climate; and the impacts of short-lived climate forcers.
Through this task, we ultimately aim to identify the multitude of climate effects taking place in Europe’s forests; the properties and the processes taking place in the trees, soils and air of our forests.
