Somprof: A vertically explicit soil organic matter model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1712-1730

  Braakhekke, Maarten C ^a,b,c   Beer, Christian ^a   Hoosbeek, Marcel R ^b   Reichstein, Markus ^a   Kruijt, Bart ^b   Schrumpf, Marion ^a   Kabat, Pavel ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Dissolved organic matter transport; Soil organic carbon model; Soil organic matter transport; Surface organic layer; Vertical soil organic matter profile

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON MODEL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER TRANSPORT; SURFACE ORGANIC LAYER; VERTICAL SOIL ORGANIC MATTER PROFILE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MOISTURE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS; STABILIZATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BIOTURBATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HETEROTROPHY; LAND SURFACE; LITTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TIMESCALE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCK; MOISTURE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY; SIMULATION; SOIL; STABILIZATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 79954607077     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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