Carbon in Harvested Wood Products Results

This result group contains: Estimates of carbon pool in harvested wood products stemming from the forest.

Calculation of dead wood

See model description for Harvested Wood Products.

The projected sequestration of carbon in Harvested Wood Products is a result of extracted volumes per assortment, and assumptions of the longevity of the derived products.

Result variables

Note! All results currently only consider the contribution to the carbon pool from the starting point of the simulation an onwards. Any historically extracted volumes from the same areas have - and may still - be a part of the wood products carbon pool, but cannot be included for an arbitrary forest analysis area due to missing data on historical harvest levels. Such an existing carbon pool must be described outside of the current Heureka implementation.

Variable name	Unit	Description
CO2 Emission	tonnes C02	Emission of CO2 related to the extracted volumes stemming from the analysis area.
Inflow Pulp Wood	tonnes C	Volume of dead standing trees, with a diameter ≥ MinDiameter when the tree died. Depending on decay class, a certain proportion of the dead wood is assumed standing dead trees, and the rest assumed downed, see table below.
Dead Standing Trees >=20cm	volume, m3sk/ha	No	Volume of dead standing trees, with a diameter ≥ 20cm when the tree died.
Dead Standing Coniferous Trees	volume, m3sk/ha	Yes	Volume of dead standing trees of pine, spruce, and Logepole pine. Larch is also included.
Dead Standing Deciduous Trees	volume, m3sk/ha	Yes	Volume of dead standing trees of broad-leaved trees.
Downed Dead Wood	volume, m3sk/ha	Yes	Volume of downed standing trees, with a diameter ≥ MinDiameter when the tree died. Depending on decay class, a certain proportion of the dead wood is assumed standing dead trees, and the rest assumed downed, see table below.
Downed Dead Wood >=20cm	volume, m3sk/ha	No	Volume of downed standing trees, with a diameter ≥ 20cm when the tree died.
Downed Standing Wood Coniferous	volume, m3sk/ha	Yes	Volume of downed dead wood of pine, spruce and Logepole pine. Larch is also included.
Downed Dead Wood Deciduous	volume, m3sk/ha	Yes	Volume of downed dead wood of of broad-leaved trees.
Volume Decay Class 0-4	volume, m3sk/ha	No	Volume of dead wood in a given decacy class.