SoilR (version 1.1-23)

fW.Daycent2: Effects of moisture on decomposition rates according to the DAYCENT model

Description

Calculates the effects of volumetric water content on decomposition rates according to the Daycent/Century models.

Usage

fW.Daycent2(W, WP = 0, FC = 100)

Arguments

W

A scalar or vector of volumetric water content in percentage.

WP

A scalar representing the wilting point in percentage.

FC

A scalar representing the field capacity in percentage.

Value

References

Del Grosso, S. J., W. J. Parton, A. R. Mosier, E. A. Holland, E. Pendall, D. S. Schimel, and D. S. Ojima (2005), Modeling soil CO2 emissions from ecosystems, Biogeochemistry, 73(1), 71-91.

Examples

W=10:90
fW=fW.Daycent2(W,WP=10,FC=90)
plot(fW,type="l",ylim=c(0,6)) #This plot reproduces Figure 1b, in del Grosso et al. (2005)