From 43a08c69faccf1cd9a2380aed50c0a44ecfb3f85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SanjaySinghRajpoot Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:03:09 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] docon FLINT Performance --- docs/DeveloperWorkflow/flint_performance.rst | 27 +++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/DeveloperWorkflow/flint_performance.rst b/docs/DeveloperWorkflow/flint_performance.rst index 367babd..2abfc8b 100644 --- a/docs/DeveloperWorkflow/flint_performance.rst +++ b/docs/DeveloperWorkflow/flint_performance.rst @@ -1,4 +1,29 @@ .. _DeveloperWorkflow: FLINT Performance -################# + +FLINT uses scientific modulesmodels to estimate fluxes of GHGs between pools. +There are several models available for each type of GHG flux e.g. Tier 1 +formulas or emission factors and more sophisticated Tier 3 models for forest +growth or soil carbon dynamics. The user can start with a simple model +for all land uses and can then switch to more accurate models for the most +important land cover types when better data becomes available. More importantly, +these models allow FLINT to make projections of GHG fluxes. The model only needs +to receive the activity data to run its calculations formulae whether those +describe that is in the past or in the future. + +FLINT is using the same models for making projections as for monitoring +implementation progress. This ensures that the approach used for planning +is the same as the one used for reporting, so the results are consistent and +time series are seamless at the transition from reporting to projections. +In many other cases the tool used for planning is different from the tool used +for reporting and it is hard to identify whether the discrepancy between the +two is due to implementation or to measurement errors. + +FLINT can apply accurate models for project areas that have extensive data, while +it can apply less demanding models for the rest of the countries. This ensures +that achievements reached by projects are not lost when they are included into national +accounts. Most countries are currently using systems that are not spatially explicit +like FLINT. In these systems, land cover types are aggregated and the specific achievements +of a project area are reduced to the average emission applied to that land cover type or +they cannot be identified at all within the national accounts. \ No newline at end of file