SMP40
International Soil Modeling Consortium (ISMC) Splinter Meeting
Convener: Roland Baatz | Co-conveners: Harry Vereecken, Michael Young
Wed, 10 Apr, 08:30–10:15
 
Room 0.15

The aim of this splinter meeting is to stimulate feedback on achievements and goals and to further develop future perspectives and new activities of the International Soil Modeling Consortium (ISMC). ISMC was established in 2016 with the aim of integrating and advancing soil systems modeling, data collection, and observational capabilities. ISMC is a community-based effort that builds on voluntary contributions and scientists, stakeholders and institutions can sign up freely (https://soil-modeling.org/). ISMC is organized around three science panels that parallels a broad workflow from data collection (DO-LINK) to model development and testing (Soil-MIP) to engagement with different scientific communities (CROSS-CONNECT). Together, these panels jointly foster the development of soil modelling tools, support, expertise and knowledge transfer. We anticipate that the discussion will be facilitated through a report of the state-of-affairs and the activities of the three science panels, followed by an open and engaging dialog with the attendees.