ELUM Year 2 report for Work Package 3 - Network of field sites to measure soil C dynamics and GHG emissions. Report V2

This report describes the second year of Work Package 3 (WP3) activities within the ETI’s Ecosystem Land Use Modelling Project (“ELUM”). It expands upon information reported in the first year and provides a forward look to WP3 activities for the remainder of the project. The soil C (carbon) and GHG (Greenhouse Gas) measurements recorded as part of WP3 are required to help reduce the uncertainty associated with the sustainability of bioenergy crop deployment across the UK. This data will be used to parameterise and test the underlying process models in the WP4 modelling work, as part of the development of the over-arching meta-model. A full review of all the data collected across the WP3 network sites will be reported in the D3.5 deliverable due in May 2014. Progress with the development and testing of novel methods for GHG measurement is also included in this report; these could offer means of improving monitoring resolution, thereby enhancing the collection of GHG flux data. A complete review of this work will follow in May 2014 with the D3.4 deliverable.