Weekly Report 6

Monday 07/01 to Friday 07/12

Week 6: Insights from last weeks

• I should think twice before I dedicate a considerable amount of time on a tasl.
• For the complex model that their result is a part of our research we can make a statistical model from several runs of the moddel.
• Respect your list of task priorities

Week 6 Objectives and tasks:

Final objectives

1. Have a dataset of results.
2. An initial output of APSIM/EPIC/DSSAT crop model
3. A Report on Energy sector
4. A report on Livestock sector

Detailed Tasks

1. Answer to the crop-model-specific questions:
   • Look at the EPIC model and find insights in using a simple crop model.
     • Inputs
     • Outputs
     • Advantages
     • Disadvantages
     • Application Examples (i.e. Papers)
   • Take a look into the APSIM model and write down input/output

Remained from the last weeks: 1. Where does S_water come from? No evidence found: Just the DSSAT is the last hope to find some trace of it.

1. Where S_co2 come from? I have not processed the task yet

2. Overall: Is the SIMPLE the one that I should mention as the reference for the crop module of the research IAM model?

2. Look for the structuring other sectors of the research
   1. Livestock
   • it is related to food systems
   1. Task: What models and literature do exist for (1) sheep and (2) horse
   10. Energy:
   1. Task: Start gathering related information (some works are done by Yordan)
      1. Projecting electric growth and its impacts
         • Projections of energy demand - by energy type and amount:
      2. Task: Navajo Nation: Coal plants(?), PV solar farms
         
      3. Task: Search the U.S. electric grid regions
      • Interesting topic: Import/Export of power for the Navajo Nation.

Model schematics:

Primary Datasets: time, ssp —> wearher(t,ssp)
time, energy_scenario —-> energy_profile

U.S. energy profile:
Total U.S. energy consumption at year t including the share of each technolgy.

Crop model:
weather_t,ssp & soil & management & crop —–> growth,crop_{t, ssp} & yield_{crop, t, ssp}

Energy model:
time, energy scenario, energy_type ——> U.S. energy profile_{t,energy scenario, energy_type}

U.S. energy profile_{t,energy scenario, energy_type}, energy-to-resource_governing_equation(energy_type) —-> Ene

U.S. energy profile, pricing governing equaition.¹ —–> energy price(t, energy_policy)

Questions: - Energy projection impacting the local economy. - How does IAMs calculate the economic impact of energy

Week 6 outcomes

1. U.S. energy grid is consisted of 3 major interconnections and the Navajo Nation is located in the grey region of the Western interconnection. It means the energy distribution is done regulated and all utilities are managed by the governement.

• How does it help the model design? It gives us a clue for the pricing mechanism for the area. However, there is a possibility that in the future, states vote for a deregulated energy grid system.

1. SIMPLE model is accessible and ready to use.
   
2. Downloaded: DSSAT, EPIC model, APSIM
3. A draft of the model mechanism including main processes

Footnotes

1. market, equivilant equations, etc.