Timber harvest

Timber harvest is currently a function that is exclusively used in the coupling with IMAGE. Given a fraction for how much of the timber from a deforestation event will be removed from IMAGE, this timber is transferred to product pools. Of harvested trees, all heartwood and 2/3 of the sapwood are removed, the remainder goes to the litter pools as usual. This option is also available for stand-alone LPJmL runs, but so far has not been included.

See also

• Müller C, Stehfest E, van Minnen JG, Strengers B, von Bloh W, Beusen AHW, Schaphoff S, Kram T and Lucht W. 2016, Drivers and patterns of land biosphere carbon balance reversal. Environmental Research Letters, 11, 044002, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/044002
• Müller C, Stehfest E, van Minnen J (2014): Carbon cycle and natural vegetation. In: Stehfest E, van Vuuren D, Kram T, Bouwman L (Eds): Integrated Assessment of Global Environmental Change with IMAGE 3.0 Model description and policy applications. pp. 177-185