This function implements the Century model from Parton.

Usage

Century(LeafL, StemL, RootL, RhizL, smoist, stemp, precip, leachWater, centuryControl = list(), verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

LeafL
Leaf litter.
StemL
Stem litter.
RootL
Root litter.
RhizL
Rhizome litter.
smoist
Soil moisture.
stemp
Soil temperature.
precip
Precipitation.
leachWater
Leached water.
centuryControl
See centuryParms.
verbose
Only used in the R version for debugging.
soilType
See showSoilType.

Value

A list with,

Description

Calculates flows of soil organic carbon and nitrogen based on the Century model. There are two versions one written in R (Century) and one in C (CenturyC) they should give the same result. The C version only runs at weekly timesteps.

Details

Most of the details can be found in the papers by Parton et al. (1987, 1988, 1993)

References

~put references to the literature/web site here ~

Examples

Century(0,0,0,0,0.3,5,2,2)$Resp
[1] 0.001369228
Century(0,0,0,0,0.3,5,2,2)$MinN
[1] 0.03343858

Author

Fernando E. Miguez