Tool Soil Water Balance (Days)
A Simple Soil Water Balance Model
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 (c) 2019
- Menu: Simulation|Soil Hydrology
Parameters
| Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints |
Input | Mean Temperature | Grid list, input | TAVG | - | - |
Minimum Temperature | Grid list, input | TMIN | - | - |
Maximum Temperature | Grid list, input | TMAX | - | - |
Precipitation | Grid list, input | PSUM | - | - |
Latitude (*) | Grid, input, optional | LAT_GRID | - | - |
Soil Water Capacity of Profile (*) | Grid, input, optional | SWC | Total soil water capacity (mm H2O). | - |
Output | Snow Depth | Grid, output | SNOW | - | - |
Soil Water (Upper Layer) | Grid, output | SW_0 | - | - |
Soil Water (Lower Layer) | Grid, output | SW_1 | - | - |
Options | Grid System | Grid system | PARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM | - | - |
Default Latitude | Floating point | LAT_CONST | - | Minimum: -90.000000 Maximum: 90.000000 Default: 50.000000 |
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 | SWT_RESIST | - | Minimum: 0.010000 Default: 0.500000 |
Reset | Boolean | RESET | - | Default: 1 |
Start Day | Date | DAY | - | Default: 2020-10-09 |
(*) optional |
Command-line
Usage: saga_cmd climate_tools 24 [-TAVG <str>] [-TMIN <str>] [-TMAX <str>] [-PSUM <str>] [-SNOW <str>] [-SW_0 <str>] [-SW_1 <str>] [-LAT_GRID <str>] [-LAT_CONST <double>] [-SWC <str>] [-SWC_DEFAULT <double>] [-SWC_SURFACE <double>] [-SWT_RESIST <double>] [-RESET <str>] [-DAY <date>]
-TAVG:<str> Mean Temperature
Grid list, input
-TMIN:<str> Minimum Temperature
Grid list, input
-TMAX:<str> Maximum Temperature
Grid list, input
-PSUM:<str> Precipitation
Grid list, input
-SNOW:<str> Snow Depth
Grid, output
-SW_0:<str> Soil Water (Upper Layer)
Grid, output
-SW_1:<str> Soil Water (Lower Layer)
Grid, output
-LAT_GRID:<str> Latitude
Grid, input, optional
-LAT_CONST:<double> Default Latitude
Floating point
Minimum: -90.000000
Maximum: 90.000000
Default: 50.000000
-SWC:<str> Soil Water Capacity of Profile
Grid, input, optional
-SWC_DEFAULT:<double> Default
Floating point
Minimum: 0.000000
Default: 220.000000
-SWC_SURFACE:<double> Top Soil Water Capacity
Floating point
Minimum: 0.000000
Default: 30.000000
-SWT_RESIST:<double> Transpiration Resistance
Floating point
Minimum: 0.010000
Default: 0.500000
-RESET:<str> Reset
Boolean
Default: 1
-DAY:<date> Start Day
Date
Default: 2020-10-09