DNDC
Changsheng Li (University of New Hampshire)
Overview
| Model category | CSM |
|---|---|
| Plant part | Shoot |
| Scale | Field, Global |
| Licence | open_source |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Programming language | No-language-identified |
| Format of model inputs and outputs | Text files |
| Species studied | Perenial-and-annual-plants |
| Execution environment | NA |
Scientific article
First 20 years of DNDC (DeNitrification DeComposition): Model evolutionSarah L.Gilhespy,Steven Anthony,Laura Cardenas,David Chadwick,Agustin del Prado,Changsheng Li,Thomas Misselbrook,Robert M. Rees,William Salas,Alberto Sanz-Cobena,Pete Smith,Emma L. Tilston,Cairistiona F. E. Topp,Sylvia Vetter,Jagadeesh B. YeluripatiEcological Modelling, 2014 View paper
Model description
DNDC (i.e., DeNitrification-DeComposition) is a computer simulation model of carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry in agro-ecosystems. The model can be used for predicting crop growth, soil temperature and moisture regimes, soil carbon dynamics, nitrogen leaching, and emissions of trace gases including nitrous oxide (N2O), nitric oxide (NO), dinitrogen (N2), ammonia (NH3), methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2). The DNDC model can assess the soil matter turnover, which can indirectly indicate the state of degradation. It is a point-scale model and can be extrapolated to large spatial extents using remote sensing and GIS approaches.
Some case studies
Some studies using DNDC can be found here: http://www.dndc.sr.unh.edu/papers/papers.html