Soil Water Balance (Annual)

Author(s)	O.Conrad, L.Landschreiber (c) 2018
Library ID	climate_tools
Tool ID	12
Version	1.0
Menu	Simulation \| Soil Hydrology

Description

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

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, input, optional	`SWC`	Total soil water capacity (mm H2O).	-
Output	Summary	table, output	`SUMMARY`	-	-
Output	Daily	table, output	`DAILY`	-	-
Options	Default	floating point number	`SWC_DEFAULT`	default value if no grid has been selected	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 220
	Top Soil Water Capacity	floating point number	`SWC_SURFACE`	-	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 10
	Transpiration Resistance	floating point number	`SW1_RESIST`	-	Minimum: 0.010000 Default: 1
	Default Latitude	floating point number	`LAT_DEF`	-	Minimum: -90.000000 Maximum: 90.000000 Default: 50

Command Line

This tool is not intended to be run from the command line!