Difference between revisions of "Climate Model"

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A "climate scenario" file imported to Heureka is not an actually scenario but a table of coeffiicients used to calculate growth modification factors that are then used in the Heureka "climate model".
 
A "climate scenario" file imported to Heureka is not an actually scenario but a table of coeffiicients used to calculate growth modification factors that are then used in the Heureka "climate model".
  
For a given prediction unit, the growth correction factor is calculated as function of the parameters a, b and c, which depend on scenario, geographic locations, tree species and soil moisture code. <br>
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For a given prediction unit that has soil moisture class j, the growth correction factor is calculated as function of the parameters a, b and c, which depend on scenario, geographic locations, tree species and soil moisture code. <br>
  
<math>\alpha_{BIOMASS}(s) = a(s) LAI(s)^2 + b(s) LAI(s) + c(s)</math>  
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<math>\alpha_{BIOMASS}(s) = a(s,j) LAI(s)^2 + b(s,j) LAI(s) + c(s,j)</math>  
  
 
where
 
where
  
''&alpha;''<sub>''BIOMASS''</sub>(s) = Growth correction factor for species ''s'' according to model BIOMASS, and
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''&alpha;''<sub>''BIOMASS''</sub>(i,j) = Growth correction factor for species ''j'' according to model BIOMASS, and
 
<br>''LAI''(''s'') = Leaf area index for species s (m<sup>2</sup> leaf area / m<sup>2</sup> forest floor area)
 
<br>''LAI''(''s'') = Leaf area index for species s (m<sup>2</sup> leaf area / m<sup>2</sup> forest floor area)
  

Revision as of 16:52, 22 March 2016

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