SIMFLOR

From forestDSS
Jump to: navigation, search

Wiki quality control

Has flag N/A

Name, responsible organisation and contact person

Has full name SIMFLOR
Has acronym SIMFLOR
Has wiki contact person Margarida Tomé
Has wiki contact e-mail forchange@isa.utl.pt

Software identification

Has software sIMfLOR.Software

Description

Has description The platform for Portuguese Forest Simulators - sIMfLOR, makes available forest simulators for the Portuguese forest with user-friendly interfaces to facilitate the introduction of the information for the simulators. The platform displays stand and regional simulators, interfaces to generate required inputs and also auxiliary tools. As the platform focus on end-users, it allows visualization of the simulators outputs in default graphics which can easily be edited by users. The sIMfLOR platform can be permanently accessed at http://www.isa.utl.pt/cef/forchange/fctools.
Has modelling scope Forest indicators
Has temporal scale Long term (strategic)
Has spatial context Non spatial
Has spatial scale Forest level, Regional/national level, Stand level
Has objectives dimension Multiple objectives
Has related DSS
Has goods and services dimension Market non-wood products, Market wood products
Has decision making dimension
Has forest management goal biomass estimation, carbon sequestration, economic evaluation
Supports tree species
Supports silvicultural regime even-aged

Concrete application

Has typical use case Forest Management plans
Has user profile Non-industrial private owners, forest owners associations, private legal entities (cooperatives / corporations / trusts / partnerships / condominium associations)
Has country Portugal
Has references about examples of application
Has number of users N/A
Has number of real-life applications N/A
Has utilisation in education N/A
Has research project reference EFORWOOD project – Tools for Sustainability Impact Assessment of the Forestry-Wood Chain, financed by EU (FP6-2004- 518128-2); MOTIVE project – Models for Adaptive Forest Management, financed by EU (FP7-ENV-2008-1- 226544); StarTree (Grant Agreement 311919) financed by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Program for Research and Technological Development.
Has tool dissemination http://www.isa.utl.pt/cef/forchange/fctools.

Decision support techniques used in the DSS

Has decision support techniques sIMfLOR.Decision support techniques

Support of Knowledge Management

Has knowledge management processes sIMfLOR.Knowledge management process

Support of social participation

Has support for social participation sIMfLOR.Support of social participation

DSS development

Has DSS development sIMfLOR.Description of DSS development

Documentation

Has website http://www.isa.utl.pt/cef/forchange/fctools.
Has online demo
Has manual No
Has technical documentation Yes
Has reference Faias, S.P., Palma, J.H.N., Barreiro, S.M., Paulo, J.A., Tomé, M. Resource communication. sIMfLOR – platform for the Portuguese forest simulators. Forest Systems 21(3): 543 – 548. http://dx.doi.org/10.5424/fs/2012213-02951

Non-wood forest products

Has NWFP support sIMfLOR_CORK