SOILPF file format

You can copy this sample file to create your own soilpF soil file. Just change the values, then copy and paste as an ordinary text file.

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* Template soil data file for SOILPF soil water balance model.       *

* File name   : SOILPFIN.DAT                                         *

*                                                                    *

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* Give code name of soil data file to match the water balance PFSOIL:

SCODE = 'SOILPF'

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* 1. Soil moisture tension

* Tension data in kPa as function of development stage (DVS) or

* tension data in kPa as function of day of year (DOY)

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*STYPE = 'SDVS' ! Tension data in kPa as function of development stage (DVS)

STYPE = 'SDAY' ! Tension data in kPa as function of day (DOY)  

* If STYPE = 'SDVS', give tension data as PFDVS table: 

* first column is DVS (-), second column is tension (kPa)

PFDVS =

0., 10.,

0.8, 10.,

0.81, 0.,

1.20, 0.,

1.21, 10.,

2.5, 10.

* If STYPE = 'SDAY', give tension data as PFDAY table: 

* first column is day (-), second column is tension (kPa)

PFDAY =

0., 100.,

50., 100.,

51., 100.,

365., 100.

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* 2. Soil water retention curve

* These data will be used to calculate soil water content from 

* the soil water tension data supplied above

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* Soil water retention data as table PFCURVE

* first column is water content (m3 m-3), second column is tension (kPa)

* Note: first row should give values at saturation (0 kPa)

* Note: last row should give values at complete dryness (1500 kPa)

PFCURVE = 

0.,    0.52,

10.,   0.48,

100.,  0.21,

1500., 0.0001

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*3. SOIL PHYSIC PROPERTIES

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NL    = 9      ! Number of soil layers (maximum is 10) (-)

TKL   = 3*0.05, 3*0.05, 0.10, 0.20, 0.20      ! Thickness of each soil layer (m)

CLAYX = 0.55,0.55,0.55,0.55,0.53,0.5,3*0.45   ! soil clay contents, fraction

SANDX = 0.08,0.08,0.08,0.08,0.1,0.13,3*0.18   ! soil sand contents, fraction

BD = 1.17894,1.17894,1.17911,1.42734,1.2695,1.31061,3*1.37562      ! g/cm3

WL0I = 0.      ! Initial ponded water depth at start of simulation (mm)

* Initial volumetric water content at the start of simulation,

* for each soil layer (m3 m-3):

WCLI = 3*0.52, 3*0.47, 2*0.52, 0.58

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*4. SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

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* Soil organic carbon and nitrogen content in kg C or N/ha

SOC = 31831.64999,31831.64999,20044.87,48529.56,8632.66799,2673.6648,280.62648,28.063,2.8063      

SON = 2829.48,2829.48,1886.576,4567.488,812.4864,251.639039,26.411903,2.64, 0.264      

SNH4X = 28.295,28.295,18.87,45.67,8.12,2.50,0.26,0.026,0.00264      

SNO3X = 5.66,5.66,3.774,9.134,1.624,0.5,0.052,0.0052,0.00052

* Fresh organic carbon and nitrogen input at soil layers

*FORGANC =200.0,150.0,100.0,50.0,5*0.0      !Fresh organic residue carbon input from previous crop at kg C/ha

*FORGANN =4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5*0.0             !Fresh organic residue nitrogen input from previous crop at kg N/ha

* If the carbonhydrate and cellulose fractions are available in soil residue carbon input

* otherwise, the default values will be used

*FCarboh =

*FCellulo =

*RCarboh =

*RCellulo =