RotCtempcorrection {soilassessment}

A function for estimating temperature effects in organic matter decomposition rates in the soil

Description

This function estimates the scalar constant for temperature effects in RothC carbon turnover modelling in the soil

Usage

RotCtempcorrection(temperature)

Arguments

temperature

mean air temperature in degrees Celsius

Details

mean air temperature canbe monthly or annual mean temperature

Value

A scalar constant for temperature effects on carbon decomposition rates

Note

This function can be used with monthly or annual input data to produce time-dependent scalars The function works with temperatures greater than -18.2 degrees Celsius

Author(s)

Christian Thine Omuto

References

Burke, I., Kaye, J., Bird, S., Hall, S., McCulley, R., Sommerville, G. 2003. Evaluating and testing models of terrestrial biogeochemistry: the role of temperature in controlling decomposition, Models in ecosystem science, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 225–253, 2003

Adair, E., Parton, W., Del Grosso, S., Silver, W., Harmon, M.,Hall, S., Burke, I., and Hart, S. 2008. Simple three-pool model accurately describes patterns of long-term litter decomposition in diverse climates, Global Change Biology, 14: 2636–2660

Coleman, K. and Jenkinson, D. 2014. ROTHC-26.3 A model for the turnover of carbon in soils: Model description and users guide (Windows version). Rothamsted Research Harpenden Herts AL5 2JQ

See Also

carbonTurnover, RotCmoistcorrection, NPPmodel

Examples

airTemp=22.1
RotCtempcorrection(airTemp)