@article{fdi:010037985,
  title = {{T}he {GEFSOC} soil carbon modelling system : {A} tool for conducting regional-scale soil carbon inventories and assessing the impacts of land use change on soil carbon},
  author = {{E}aster, {M}. and {P}austian, {K}. and {K}illian, {K}. and {W}illiams, {S}. and {F}eng, {T}. and {A}l {A}damat, {R}. and {B}atjes, {N}. {H}. and {B}ernoux, {M}artial and {B}hattacharyya, {T}. and {C}erri, {C}. {C}. and {C}erri, {C}. {E}. {P}. and {C}oleman, {K}. and {F}alloon, {P}. and {F}eller, {C}hristian and {G}icheru, {P}. and {K}amoni, {P}. and {M}ilne, {E}. and {P}al, {D}. {K}. and {P}owlson, {D}. {S}. and {R}awajfih, {Z}. and {S}essay, {M}. and {W}okabi, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {GEFSOC} soil carbon modelling system was built to provide interdisciplinary teams of scientists, natural resource managers and policy analysts (who have the appropriate computing skills) with the necessary tools to conduct regional-scale soil carbon ({C}) inventories. {I}t allows users to assess the effects of land use change on soil organic {C} ({SOC}) stocks, soil fertility and the potential for soil {C} sequestration. {T}he tool was developed in conjunction with case-studies of land use and management impacts on {SOC} in {B}razil, {J}ordan, {K}enya and {I}ndia, which represent a diversity of land use and land management patterns and are countries where sustaining soil organic matter and fertility for food security is an on-going problem. {T}he tool was designed to run using two common desktop computers, connected via a local area network. {I}t utilizes open-source software that is freely available. {A}ll new software and user interfaces developed for the tool are available in an open source environment allowing users to examine system details, suggest improvements or write additional modules to interface with the system. {T}he tool incorporates three widely used models for estimating soil {C} dynamics: (1) the {C}entury ecosystem model; (2) the {R}oth{C} soil {C} decomposition model; and (3) the {I}ntergovernmental {P}anel on {C}limate {C}hange ({IPCC}) method for assessing soil {C} at regional scales. {T}he tool interacts with a {S}oil and {T}errain {D}igital {D}atabase ({SOTER}) built for the specific country or region the user intends to model. {A} demonstration of the tool and results from an assessment of land use change in a sample region of {N}orth {A}merica are presented.},
  keywords = {soil organic carbon ; century model ; {R}oth{C} model ; land use change ; {IPCC} method},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}griculture {E}cosystems and {E}nvironment},
  volume = {122},
  numero = {1 {S}pecial {I}ss.},
  pages = {13--25},
  ISSN = {0167-8809},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.agee.2007.01.004},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037985},
}