Model Documentation


The Calculation Models are a set of modules for creating structured data models from LCA observations and evaluating biogeochemical aspects of specific farming cycles.


Models

Using the Models

HESTIA provides open-source environmental models that run automatically on uploaded data. This section explains how the models work, how they are orchestrated, and how to interpret their output.

Site: General

These models assign default method classifications to Measurements, group related Measurements, and process Measurement values.

Site: Management

These models gap-fill Management onto a Site.

Site: Measurements

These models gap-fill Measurements onto a Site.

Site: Infrastructure

These models gap-fill Infrastructure and related Input onto a Site.

Cycle: General

These models calculate dates and durations for Cycles and their primary and other Sites.

Cycle: Completeness

These models determine whether each input category has been fully recorded and set boolean flags that control which emission models run.

Cycle: Practices

These models gap-fill land cover from crop/forage products and set default practice values from lookup tables.

Cycle: Animals

These models process animal properties, milk yield, and link animal feed inputs to background data.

Cycle: Inputs

These models process input values, link to HESTIA aggregated background data, and carry forward properties.

Cycle: Products

These models process product values and gap-fill crop residues.

Cycle: Transformations

These models return emissions from excreta Transformations to the parent Cycle.

Cycle: Transport

These models calculate information about the transportation of inputs and products.

Cycle: Emissions

These models remove superseded emission records after recalculation.

Impact Assessment: General

These models determine the allocation method, calculate economic value shares, and assign classifications to the Impact Assessment.

Impact Assessment: Emissions

These models collect and prepare all emissions from the Cycle for impact characterisation.

Impact Assessment: Resource Use

These models collect and prepare resource use data from the Cycle for impact characterisation.

Impact Assessment: Impacts

These models assign characterised impact results to individual products based on the allocation method.