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Documentation updates (#85)
* Update model-structure.md fertilization is added, not subtracted, from soil mineral pool * Update parameters.md comment out two mineral N pool specification from Fertilization event file spec * Update model-structure.md * comment out refs to two pool N model in docs * fix events.in example
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\frac{dN_\text{min}}{{dt}} =
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F^N_\text{litter,min} +
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F^N_\text{soil,min} +
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F^N_\text{fix} -
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F^N_\text{fix} +
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F^N_\text{fert,min} -
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F^N_\mathrm{vol} -
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F^N_\text{leach} -
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F^N_\text{leach} = N_\text{min} \cdot F^W_{drainage} \cdot f_{N leach} \tag{18}\label{eq:n_leach}
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Where $F^N_\text{leach}$ is the fraction of $N_{min}$ in soil water that is available to be leached, $F^W_{drainage}$ is drainage.
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Where $f^N_\text{leach}$ is the fraction of $N_{min}$ in soil that is available to be leached, $F^W_{drainage}$ is drainage.
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### $\frak{Nitrogen \ Fixation \ F^N_\text{fix}}$
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docs/parameters.md

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| 4 | $C_{\text{soil},0}$ | soilInit | Initial soil carbon | $\text{g C} \cdot \text{m}^{-2} \text{ ground area}$ | |
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| 5 | $W_{\text{litter},0}$ | litterWFracInit | | unitless | fraction of litterWHC |
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| 6 | $W_{\text{soil},0}$ | soilWFracInit | | unitless | fraction of soilWHC |
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| | $N_{\text{soil},0}$ | | Initial soil organic nitrogen content | g N m$^{-2}$ | |
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| | $N_{\text{min},0}$ | | Initial soil organic nitrogen content | g N m$^{-2}$ | |
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| | ${CH_4}_{\text{soil},0}$ | | Initial methane concentration in the soil | g C m$^{-2}$ | |
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| | ${N_2O}_{\text{soil},0}$ | | Nitrous oxide concentration in the soil | g N m$^{-2}$ | |
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| | $f_{\text{fine root},0}$ | fineRootFrac | Fraction of `plantWoodInit` allocated to initial fine root carbon pool | | |
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Model representation: an irrigation event increases soil moisture. Canopy irrigation also loses some moisture to evaporation.
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Specifically:
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- amount is listed as cm/d, but as events are specified per-day, this is treated as `cm` of water added on that day
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- For method=soil, this amount of water is added directly to the `soilWater` state variable
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- For method=canopy, a fraction of the irrigation water (determined by input param `immedEvapFrac`) is added to the flux state variable `immedEvap`, with the remainder going to `soilWater`.
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- Initial implementation assumes that LITTER_WATER is not on. This might be revisited at a later date.
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Notes:
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- irrigation could also directly change the soil moisture content rather than adding water as a flux. This could be used to represent an irrigation program that sets a moisture range and turns irrigation on at the low end and off at the high end of the range.
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#### Fertilization Events
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|-----------|:---:|:----:|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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| org-N | 5 | Y | g N / m2 |
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| org-C | 6 | Y | g C / m2 |
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| min-N | 7 | Y | g N / m2 (NH4+NO3 in one pool model; NH4 in two pool model) |
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| min-N2 | 8 | Y* | g N / m2 (*not unused in one pool model, NO3 in two pool model) |
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| min-N | 7 | Y | g N / m2 | <!--(NH4+NO3 in one pool model; NH4 in two pool model)-->
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<!--| min-N2 | 8 | Y* | g N / m2 (*not unused in one pool model, NO3 in two pool model) |-->
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- model representation: increases size of mineral N and litter C and N. Urea-N is assumed to be mineral N or NH4.
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- model representation: increases size of mineral N and litter C and N. Urea-N is assumed to be mineral N.
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<!-- or NH4 in two pool model ... common assumption (e.g. DayCent) unless urease inhibitors are represented.-->
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- notes: PEcAn will handle conversion from fertilizer amount and type to mass of N and C allocated to different pools
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#### Tillage Events
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#### Example of `events.in` file:
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```
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1 2022 40 irrig 5 1 # 5cm canopy irrigation on day 40
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1 2022 40 fert 10 5 0 0 # fertilized with 10 g / m2 NO3-N and 5 g / m2 NH4-N on day 40
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1 2022 40 irrig 5 1 # 5cm canopy irrigation on day 40 applied to soil
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1 2022 40 fert 0 0 10 # fertilized with 10 g / m2 N_min on day 40 of 2022
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1 2022 35 till 0.2 0.3 # tilled on day 35, soil organic matter pool decomposition rate increases by 20% and soil litter pool decomposition rate increases by 30%
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1 2022 50 plant 10 3 2 5 # plant emergence on day 50 with 10/3/2/4 g C / m2, respectively, added to the leaf/wood/fine root/coarse root pools
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1 2022 250 harv 0.1 # harvest 10% of aboveground plant biomass on day 250

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