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 number | LAT_CONST | - | Minimum: -90.000000 Maximum: 90.000000 Default: 50.000000 | |
Default | floating point number | SWC_DEFAULT | default value if no grid has been selected | Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 220.000000 | |
Top Soil Water Capacity | floating point number | SWC_SURFACE | - | Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 30.000000 | |
Transpiration Resistance | floating point number | SWT_RESIST | - | Minimum: 0.010000 Default: 0.500000 | |
Reset | boolean | RESET | - | Default: 1 | |
Start Day | date | DAY | - | Default: 2023-10-06 | |
(*) 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 number 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 number Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 220.000000 -SWC_SURFACE:<double> Top Soil Water Capacity floating point number Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 30.000000 -SWT_RESIST:<double> Transpiration Resistance floating point number Minimum: 0.010000 Default: 0.500000 -RESET:<str> Reset boolean Default: 1 -DAY:<date> Start Day date Default: 2023-10-06