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Carbon Calculator is a kit to compute the carbon budget in cropland at field level, developed in the framework of IT-HR GECO2 project.

Installation

Prepare the data (credits)

  • data for credits computation can be entered in a form as this TEMPLATE FORM FOR SELLERS
  • you can find information about how to fill out the form at the following links:
    1. Vademecum_English;
    2. Vademecum_Italian;
  • when the form is complete you can save the data as csv file;
  • put your csv files in the directory carbonCalculator\data
  • in the distribution you can find a test input file (testInputCredits.csv)

Prepare the data (debts)

  • data for debts computation can be entered in a form as this DEBTS FORM FOR BUYERS

  • you can find information about how to fill out the form at the following link:

    Vademecum_Buyers_English;

  • when the form is complete you can save the data as csv file;

  • put your csv files in the directory carbonCalculator\data;

  • in the distribution you can find a test input file (testInputDebts.csv)

Run calculator

  • run carbonCalculator\bin\carbonCalculator.exe (carbonCalculator.app on Mac)
  • only on Mac: select the path of file DATA\carbonCalculatorParameters.db
  • load credits or debts csv files with the File menu
  • compute credits or debts with the Run menu
  • please insert a name for the output db that identify your area (for example: GECO2_ER.db)
  • warning and error messages warn you if any data is wrong
  • for each field a synthetic summary is provided: the carbon budget in CO2eq and if the credits satisfy the GECO2 specifications

Output

  • the output will be saved in the directory carbonCalculator\data
  • output file is a SQLite database, download https://sqlitebrowser.org/ to manage data
  • see the table carbon_dynamics in order to assess the detailed calculation of carbon sequestration and emission based on the implemented conservative practices.
  • see the table carbon_budget in order to get the field credits and in order to assess the budget at both,hectare and field scale. Budget of aboveground biomass is computed separately and then aggregated to get the carbon credits.

Authors

License

CarbonCalculator has been developed in the framework of IT-HR GECO2 project under contract issued by ARPAE Hydro-Meteo-Climate Service, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

The code is released under the GNU GPL-3.0 License

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