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The CarbonSoil model - calculate change in soil carbon for one year
Description
Simple dynamic model of soil carbon content, with a time step of one year. The equations that describe the dynamics of this system are adapted from the Henin-Dupuis model described in Jones et al. (2004). The soil carbon content is represented by a single state variable: the mass of carbon per unit land area in the top 20 cm of soil in a given year (Z, kg.ha-1). It is assumed that soil C is known in some year, taken as the initial year. The yearly change in soil C is the difference between input from crop biomass and loss.
Usage
carbonsoil.update(Zy, R, b, Uy)
Arguments
Zy |
: Soil carbon content for year |
R |
: the fraction of soil carbon content lost per year |
b |
: the fraction of yearly crop biomass production left in the soil |
Uy |
: the amount of C in crop biomass production in the given year |
Value
Soil carbon content for year+1.