Ecosystem modeling · Soil carbon · Carbon MRV
From field data to defensible carbon numbers
The LeBauer Approach connects ecosystem models and field measurements so the numbers you report hold up to review.
- Currently
- Owner and Principal Scientist, The LeBauer Approach
- Modeling Lead, California Cropland Measurement and Modeling Framework
- Previously
- Indigo Ag
- University of Arizona
- University of Illinois
Services
What I do
Three kinds of engagement, one standard: numbers that hold up when someone checks them.
Ecosystem modeling
Model calibration, uncertainty analysis, and scenario projections, linking field and remote-sensing data to process-based models.
Read more →Carbon MRV
Model calibration and validation for soil carbon protocols, and the data and reporting that verification requires.
Read more →Data science and research software
Research software, data harmonization, and reproducible workflows; building and training data science teams.
Read more →Selected work
Selected projects
Platforms, frameworks and datasets I have built, led, or maintain.
MAGiC
Modeling and Analysis of Greenhouse gases in Croplands
PEcAn
The Predictive Ecosystem Analyzer
Indigo CAR-SEP validation report
Model calibration and validation under the Climate Action Reserve Soil Enrichment Protocol
About
David LeBauer, Ph.D.
Twenty years in biogeochemistry, remote sensing and open science, across academia, startups and the public sector. I build the models, the pipelines, and the teams that run them.
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