Annual tree cover loss update 2001-2022 and framework updates
There are several notable changes in this release beyond the framework's update to include 2022.
- Uses Python 3.8.
- Testing developed for some model stages, particularly carbon pool creation.
- Command line argument flag added for master script and stages to switch to single processing.
- Aggregated output and supplementary outputs are combined into a derivative output stage.
- Soil-only emissions is another stage in the full model run now, rather than needing to be run separately.
- Uses GLAD Lab tree cover loss from fires instead of MODIS burned area.
- Uses methane and nitrous oxide Global Warming Potentials from IPCC AR6.
- Non-mangrove belowground carbon is based on a global ratio map.
- Peat extent map uses more recently published regional and non-tropical maps.
- Tree cover gain covers 2000-2020 now.
In addition, numerous little corrections and improvements have been made along the way.
There are five substantive changes to the framework in this update. They are briefly listed above (6-10) but also described more fully in this blog post: https://www.globalforestwatch.org/blog/data-and-research/whats-new-carbon-flux-monitoring/