COMET-Tools Training - Soil Carbon & GHG Inventory Decision Support Tools

In this training, Haley Giuliano (née Nagle), Outreach and Education Specialist with Colorado State University presents the CarbOn Management & Emissions Tool (COMET) kit, including COMET- Farm and COMET-Planner. The COMET-Tools are a set of web-based soil carbon and greenhouse gas inventory decision support tools designed for conservation scenario analysis of land-based systems.
In her webinar, Haley demonstrates how to use the tools to estimate soil carbon and GHG changes as a result of management changes. Specifically, she:
-Explains the key differences between COMET-Farm and COMET-Planner; how to use COMET-Farm (Cropland accounting focused) to create field management scenarios to compare soil carbon and GHG emission/reduction estimates; and how to use COMET-Planner for a quick scenario comparing of NRCS Conservation Practice Standards
-Explains how project managers can use COMET-Farm and COMET-Planner to evaluate and report on field-, farm-, and project-level outcomes associated with adoption of conservation practices by multiple farmers in a project
-Discusses COMET-Tools methods, systems boundaries, and limitations
-Provides an overview of a redesign effort underway that includes interface changes, methods updates, and a suite of resources available to assist new and existing users
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Timestamps:
00:00 to 06:48: Michelle Perez - AFT Introductions and polls
06:49 to 08:18: Michelle Perez - Future trainings preview
08:19 to 45:02: Haley Giuliano - COMET- Tools Overview (focusing on COMET- Farm)
45:03 to 1:10:09: Haley Giuliano - COMET- Farm Demonstration
1:10:10 to 1:12:21: Haley Giuliano - COMET- Planner Overview
1:12:22 to 01:18:57: Haley Giuliano - COMET- Planner Demonstration
01:18:58 to 01:28:14: Q&A and Wrap Up
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This presentation is part of our Outcomes Estimation Tools Training Webinar series. With support from US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Walton Family Foundation, American Farmland Trust is providing project managers with these trainings to aid in their quantification of outcomes associated with farm conservation practices. The webinars are held on the first Wednesday of each month through 2024. See all sessions and REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/3MZQ5K8. Find recordings of past sessions here: bit.ly/45uGLEp.
LINKS:
-For PDF versions of the slides please visit the webinar series website: farmlandinfo.org/media/outcom...
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