Crop/Grass Fire Parameters


Notes

For fire events, C is returned as charcoal. For Century, transferred N is mineralized. For DayCent fire, transferred N is ammonium.

Parameter Descriptions

Parameter Description Units Valid Values Default Values
FLFREM Fraction of live shoots removed by a fire event.   0.0 to 1.0  
FDFREM(1) Fraction of standing dead plant material removed by a fire event.   0.0 to 1.0  
FDFREM(2) Fraction of surface litter removed by a fire event.   0.0 to 1.0  
FRET(E) Fraction of (N, P, S) in the burned aboveground material returned to the soil following a fire event, where E = 1 for N, 2 for P, 3 for S.   0.0 to 1.0  
FRTSH Additive effect of burning on root/shoot ratio.   0.0 to 1.0  
FNUE(1) Effect of fire on increase in maximum C:N ratio of shoots.   0.0 to 10.0  
FNUE(2) Effect of fire on increase in maximum C:N ratio of roots.   0.0 to 30.0