Version 2.2.0
Summary
- Version 2.2 contains several stability issue fixes and some bug fixes.
'The climate model has been improved and extended with more climate scenarios.
- A new Changelog page is available that contains information on minor updates.
New features
Modified climate model and additional climate scenarios
There are now three different climate scenarios available. Read more about importing climate scenarios here:
Help doc: Climate scenarios
RegWise ready for SKA15
RegWise had beem "tuned" for the upcoming SKA15-analysis.
Minor modifications
Leaf area index in climate model adjusted for species proportion
In the climate model the leaf area index for a species is now adjusted for species proportion.
Default model changed for calculating sapling diameter
ProductionModel control table parameter Sapling Diameter Model has been changed back to NystromSoderberg from Elfving, i.e. the same as the one used before version 2.0. With Elfving's model, the diameter assigned to young deciduous trees (birch) is smaller than with NystromSoderberg, which leads to considerably less deciduous volume in long term prognosis.
Report function type "AverageOverSubset" and "AverageOverAll" replaced with "AverageOverSubset" and renamed to only "Average"
Now there is only one type of Average-value. If there are conditions it will apply to the Average value. AverageOverAll is the same as an Average without conditions. Old reports are handled automatically.
New result variables
Additional result variables has been added to result group Forest Data:
- Mean Height Arithmetic All Saplings
- Mean Age Main Saplings (should equal Mean Age (excl overstorey))
- Basal Area Excl Overstorey
- Basal Area Overstorey
Bug fixes and minor improvements
Improvement: Other broad-leaf species than birch in pine and spruce plantations
When the regeneration model creates a new stand, a considerable proportion of the stems consists of other species than the planted or sown species. They represent natural ingrowth. Previously, natural ingrowth of broad-leaves in young stands has been limited to birch, but now a proportion consists of "Other broad-leaves". The proportion of "Other broad-leaves trees" of all naturally ingrown broad-leaves in young stands are based on NFI survey data. It is set to between 4 percent (northern Sweden) and 16 percent (southern Sweden), of all broad-leaves.
Improvement: Occurrence of natural ingrowth of other species in deciduous plantations
The regeneration model has been improved so that when a deciduous species is selected as the main (regeneration) species, additional trees are added that represent naturally ingrowth. This has until now only been the case for conifer plantations. The underlying problem is that the regeneration model does not explicitly handle deciduous plantation. Hopefully, this is an area of future improvements.
Improvement: Initial state update function improved
When changing the analysis area in RegWise and PlanWise the initial state is recalculated in a more consistent way than before. The automatic updating can now also be switched off in 'Settings'
Improvement: Relaxed criteria for cleaning
The height interval criteria for cleaning has been changed so that if either (A) the mean height of main stems or (B) the mean height of all stems are within the height interval (default 2-6 m) the criteria is considered fulfilled. Previously, only (A) was considered.
Improvement: (RegWise only) An oak, beech or southern broad-leaf stand is regenerated with the same species if clear cut
(RegWise only) When a stand with dominating species oak, beech or southern deciduous is clear-cut it is automatically regenerated with the same species.
Empty rows ignored when importing treatment proposal
Empty rows were not handled when importing treatment proposals.
Improvement: Handling poorly formatted tree list input files
If additional columns existed (even if empty) then trees could not be linked to plots and stands. This is now handled so that empty columns located after the mandatory columns are ignored.
Bugfix: Report-level conditions gave unexpected average values
When using OR-condition for a whole report (PlanWise and RegWise), average values was calculated for the whole area, not only the area limited by the report condition.
Bugfix: A selected area that was removed was still selected after the removal
If you removed a Forest Area that was currently selected, the area was still selected internally in the program, which could lead to an exception or unexpected results in the Initial State Overview window. You had to reopen the project to clear the selection from memory. This has been fixed. feedDate>2014-12-22</feedDate>
Bug: Larch trees were remapped to pine
Imported larch trees were remapped to pine after importing. This has now been fixed.
Bug: MIP problem rasied an expception when solved with MOSEK
Solving MIP optimization problems with MOSEK caused an exception, which has now been fixed (PlanWise).
Bug: Rounding to integer solution of optimization result did not work
Rounding to integer solution of optimization result has not worked since version 1.9. The problem occurred after moving the optimization settings to project level from application level.
Bug: Importing treatment proposals
Solving MIP optimization problems with MOSEK caused an exception, which has now been fixed (PlanWise).
Bug: Fertilization in RegWise
In RegWise, fertilization less than 10 years before enforced thinning or final felling lead to errors.
Bug: Problem with forest domain template when copying a project
Fixed problem with forest domain templates in RegWise and PlanWise when copying a project with "Save As". The forest domain template could not be found by the program when opening the copied project.
Bug: Error
Fixed problem with forest domain templates in RegWise and PlanWise when copying a project with "Save As". The forest domain template could not be found by the program when opening the copied project.
Help Documentation soon in English
About half of the help documentation is now translated. You can switch between the Swedish and English version by clicking on the flag icon on the right side of a topic header. The translation should be completed in February 2015.