Datasets Pre-processing Configuration Simulation Prediction

Climate Temporal Weather data

Large-scale Temperature, aggregation/ at required Initialization/
Public data precipitation, disaggregation resolution parameter
Remote sensing evapotranspiration estimation
Spectroscopy
Digital soil maps Land use Reclassification
Land use and Change in
management soil organic C
regime Model stocks and
Management composition
Local-scale
by scenario
Farmer/manager
Proximal sensing
Soil properties Spatial Soil data at Baseline
Spectroscopy
C fractions, clay, aggregation/ required Verification soil organic C
Field-scale
bulk density, disaggregation resolution stocks and
digital soil maps water content … composition
 Tasks Problems Approaches
• High costs and inefficiency of C • Development of efficient
fraction measurements methods of soil fractionation
Measurements • A limited C fraction data • Database development
• Highly uncertain soil C turnover • New understanding of C
Informed
sampling

estimates sequestration and

• Poor understanding of C fraction stabilisation patterns in soils
Inputs responses to changes
• No multi-scale assessment of soil • Plant and soil co-sampling
Spatial • More accurate estimation of
Planning
C and its controls
Modelling • Unbalance in spatial soil and soil spatial variation
plant sampling across scales • Improved assessment of
Inputs Inputs climate, vegetation and land
use on soil C
Inputs
• Difficulties in soil C model • Improvement of soil C pool-
Biogeochemical parameterisation specific uncertainty
simulation • Unsupported uncertainty in assessment
Future change modelled C pool estimates • Building simulation capacity for
predictions • Unknown model confidence flexibility and wide applications