ORCHIDEE is the new land-surface scheme of the IPSL. This scheme is the result of the coupling of the SECHIBA land-surface scheme, which is dedicated to the surface energy and water balances, and the carbon and vegetation model STOMATE. A documentation of the model will be publish soon.

Maintenance Site of ORCHIDEE Source(forge access)

This is forge site for ORCHIDEE.

Documentation, papers and reports(free access)

Are all  stored in this repository.

Access to the Source(restricted access)

This scheme is an independent model which can be used in either an off-line mode or coupled to the atmospheric GCM of the IPSL. This flexibility is achieved with the

PILPS 4c

interface.

Documentation of ORCHIDEE

The most difficult part of any model : the documentation.

The maps describing the surface for ORCHIDEE

A number of ancillary data sets are needed to specify the surface conditions for the land-surface scheme.The two data sets needed by ORCHIDEE are described and the netCDF files provided.

Data sets available for forcing ORCHIDEE

A number of standard data-sets have been transformed into netCDF and are ready to be used for forcing ORCHIDEE. The data and the programs which have been used for the transformation are made avaiable.

Recent reports and publications using ORCHIDEE

Internal reports and non published papers on ORCHIDEE, or one of its components, are provided in this section.

Meetings

See page Reports on ORCHIDEE's meetings

Validation of ORCHIDEE

Work in progress !