Published May 5, 2021 | Version 2.0
Software Open

Salem simulator 2.0

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Univ. Grenoble Alpes, INRAE, LESSEM, 2 rue de la Papeterie-BP 76, F-38402 6 7 St-Martin-d'Hères, France
  • 2. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, 580 Booth Str., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • 3. AMAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, 34000 Montpellier, France
  • 4. INRAE, EFNO, Domaine des Barres, F-45290 Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France

Description

Installer for the Salem simulator 2.0, including the source code. This version corresponds to the release r17186 on the Capsis repository (http://capsis.cirad.fr/capsis/home). Java Runtime Environment 1.8.xxx is required to run the simulator.

Salem predicts the dynamics of pure and mixed even-aged forest stands and makes it possible to simulate management operations. Its purpose is to be a decision support tool for forest managers and stakeholders as well as for policy makers. It is also designed to conduct virtual experiments and help answer research questions.

Salem is essentially calibrated with French National Forest Inventory for 12 common tree species of Eupore. The mixture effect on species growth is assessed for 24 pairs of these species.

Salem runs on Windows, Linux, or Mac. Its user-friendly Graphical User Interface makes it easy to use for non-modellers.

Notes

This work was supported by the French National Forest Office (ONF) and 3 projects funded by the French Agency for ecological transition (ADEME): the SATAN project (n°1660C0008, REACCTIF program), the PROTEST project (n°1703C0069, GRAINE program) and the I-MAESTRO project (n°1903C0009). Project I-Maestro is supported under the umbrella of ERA-NET Cofund ForestValue by ADEME (FR), FNR (DE), MIZS (SI), NCN (PL). ForestValue has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement n°773324. The volume models and bark ratio models were carried out under the EMERGE project (ANR 2008-BIOE-003). The authors also wish to thank the IGN for providing freely the National Forest Inventory data.

Files

Files (84.1 MB)

Name Size
md5:41620945395666639b4c25683fa526fc
84.1 MB Download

Additional details

Funding

European Commission
ForestValue - ForestValue - Innovating forest-based bioeconomy 773324