Application Model: GLAM

GLAM is a distributed crop model that is suitable for use in climate modelling studies.  It has been applied to crop yield research for Groundnut, Wheat and Maize.

ICTP researchers have evaluated the model's capacity to reproduce observed crop yields for China, Ethiopia and Ghana using observations of rainfall and reanalysis products for radiation and temperature.  The next stage of the work will involve coupling and driving the tested GLAM with operational forecast products over timescales for which they are proven to be skillful to produce a fully integrated crop forecasting system.

This work is conducted with the full collaboration of our partners in Ghana Met and the Ethiopian national met agency under the AfriCARP project.

Further details are available here