PHISHES project

PHISHES – PHysically-Based Integrated Soil HEalth Simulation Platform is a four-year European Research and Innovation Action project that aims to bridge the missing link between data on soil health and actions for the safeguard of soils. At the heart of PHISHES is the development of a Digital Platform containing workflows and tools quantifying the effect of management actions on the environment. The tools will be combinations of data processing procedures and further developed modules on top of existing cutting-edge numerical models, such as the distributed hydrological system MIKE SHE and the DAISY agro-ecological model of the soil-plant-atmosphere system. The core scientific challenge addressed by PHISHES is: ““𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴?”. To ensure practical application and relevance, PHISHES modelling results are applied and tested by four case studies across Europe, focusing on diverse environmental challenges.