Contents

• Start Page

• Century Soil Organic Matter Model

  • Introduction
  • Getting Started
  • Submodels
    • Soil Organic Matter Submodel
    • Water Budget, Leaching and Soil Temperature
    • Nitrogen Submodel
    • Phosphorus Submodel
    • Sulfur Submodel
  • Plant Production Submodels
    • Overview
    • Crop and Grassland Submodel
    • Forest Submodel
    • Savanna Submodel
  • Other Simulated Effects
    • Cultivation
    • Fertilizer
    • Fire
    • Grazing
    • Irrigation
    • Labeled Carbon
    • Enriched Atmospheric CO2 Effects
    • Soil Incubation (Microcosms)
    • Layered Soil
    • Depth Distribution of Organic C
    • Erosion and Deposition
  • Weather Data
  • Parameterization

• DayCent5 Model

  • Overview
  • Soil Temperature Submodel
  • Soil Water Submodel
  • Trace Gas Submodel
  • Maintenance Respiration Subsystem
  • Weather Data

• What is New in Version 5

  • Development of Version 5
  • Obsolete Site Parameters
  • Obsolete Model (Fixed) Parameters
  • Soil Water Submodel Changes
  • Soil Physical Structure Submodel
  • Layered Soil Submodel
  • Depth Distribution of Organic C
  • Erosion and Deposition
  • Miscellaneous Changes from Version 4
  • New file formats for simulation results
  • New utilities
  • Release Notes for Version 5

• Running a Simulation

  • Preparing a Simulation
    • Work Directories
    • Site Parameters
    • Site Management Schedule
    • Model Parameters
    • Weather Data
    • Type of Output File.
  • Running the Simulation
  • Examining the Simulation Results
  • Running an Equilibrium Simulation

• Errors and Troubleshooting

  • Error Messages
  • Troubleshooting
  • Further Assistance

• Utilities

  • C5MPI
  • CopySite
  • ncfilelist
  • ef2csv
  • ThisSiteSoils

• Appendices

  • Limits for Variables and Parameters
  • Units Used in Century
  • Literature Cited
  • CENTURY Bibliography
  • Site Parameters
    • Climate
    • Soil and Physical Controls
    • External Nutrient Input
    • Initial Crop/Grass Organic Matter
    • Initial Forest Organic Matter
    • Initial Mineral N, P, S
    • Initial Soil Water Content
    • Erosion Pools Loss Factors
    • Initial Lower Layer Pools
    • DayCent5 Hydrology and Biophysical Controls
    • DayCent5 Soil Temperature
  • Model Parameters
    • Crops
    • Cultivation
    • Fertilization
    • Fire
    • Grazing
    • Harvest
    • Irrigation
    • Organic Matter Addition
    • Trees
    • Tree Removal
    • Fixed Parameters
  • Monthly Output
    • CO2
    • Crop and Grassland C
    • Forest C
    • Nitrogen
    • Phosphorus
    • Soil C
    • Sulfur
    • Water and Temperature
    • Trace Gas Fluxes
  • Daily Output
    • Soil Water and Temperature
    • Trace Gas Fluxes
    • Maintenance Respiration
  • The CENTURY Distribution Package
    • List of Files
    • List of Simulation Examples
    • List of Standard Sites and Management
  • Building and installing
    • The Cygwin Environment
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• Release Notes
• List of Figures
• Glossary
• Acknowledgements
• Contact Information
• Copyright and Disclaimer
• Revision History