This repository is the home for the development of the Virtual Ecosystem. The Virtual Ecosystem is a project to develop a simulation of all of the major processes involved in a real ecosystem including the:

• growth and demographic processes of the primary producers within the forest,
• microclimatic processes within and around the ecosystem,
• hydrological processes within the canopy, soil and drainage networks,
• biotic and abiotic processes within the soil, and the
• growth and demography of heterotrophs.

This project is funded by a 2021 Distinguished Scientist award from the NOMIS Foundation to Professor Robert Ewers:

• NOMIS Award details
• NOMIS project summary

The research is based at Imperial College London:

• Professor Robert Ewers
• Olivia Daniel
• Dr. Jaideep Joshi
• Dr. David Orme
• Dr. Vivienne Groner
• Dr. Jacob Cook
• Dr. Taran Rallings

The research team are supported by the Imperial College London Research Software Engineering team.

The full documentation for the Virtual Ecosystem model can be viewed here.