Tool Soil Water Balance (Annual) (interactive)

This tool calculates the water balance for the selected position on a daily basis. Needed input is monthly data of mean, minimum, and maximum temperature as well as precipitation.

References

Paulsen, J. / Körner, C. (2014): A climate-based model to predict potential treeline position around the globe. Alpine Botany, 124:1, 1–12. doi:10.1007/s00035-014-0124-0. online.

Author: O.Conrad, L.Landschreiber (c) 2018
Menu: Climate|Soils

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Mean Temperature	Grid list (input)	`T`	-	-
	Minimum Temperature	Grid list (input)	`TMIN`	-	-
	Maximum Temperature	Grid list (input)	`TMAX`	-	-
	Precipitation	Grid list (input)	`P`	-	-
	Soil Water Capacity of Profile (*)	Grid (optional input)	`SWC`	Total soil water capacity (mm H2O).	-
Output	Summary	Table (output)	`SUMMARY`	-	-
Output	Daily	Table (output)	`DAILY`	-	-
Options	Grid System	Grid system	`PARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM`	-	-
	Default	Floating point	`SWC_DEFAULT`	default value if no grid has been selected	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 220.000000
	Top Soil Water Capacity	Floating point	`SWC_SURFACE`	-	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 30.000000
	Transpiration Resistance	Floating point	`SW1_RESIST`	-	Minimum: 0.010000 Default: 0.500000
	Default Latitude	Floating point	`LAT_DEF`	-	Minimum: -90.000000 Maximum: 90.000000 Default: 50.000000
(*) optional

Command-line

this interactive tool can not be executed.