LINGRA-N a grassland model for potential, water limited and N limited conditions (FORTRAN)

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General
Name
LINGRA-N
Program type
simulation model in FORTRAN
Available since
Description

LINGRA-N  is a simple  grass growth model which can calculate grass growth and yields under potential (i.e. optimal), water limited (i.e. rainfed) and nitrogen limited growing conditions. LINGRA-N is a generic model which can be used for different grass types growing under a large range of soil and weather conditions and with different mowing regimes. 

 The model is based on LINGRA.fst but can be applied more easily at the regional scale (for different soil-gras-weather-management combinations) and can be applied for N limited conditions too.

Scale of application
field
Spatial resolution
ha
Key outputs

grass production, water components such as soil evaporation, crop transpiration, and percolationn to deeper soil layer, and crop's N uptake, N supply, effects of water stress on grass production, and effect of N stress on grass production 

Time horizon
growth period/year
Time step of modeling
day
Required to run

Text editor to change soil/crop/weather/management input files; simulation run can next be done by starting the LINGRAN.exe file

Required to develop

Visual FORTRAN compiler if you want to change the model

Database I/O
N.A.
Background information
LINGRA.pdf
User guide
LINGRA-N-report-vs1.zip
Articles

For the articles about LINGRA.fst, see Download document for this model 

Examples

See zipfile of LINGRA-N  and then see directory EXECNEW

Applications & Use

See LINGRA.pdf report about testing the almost similar LINGRA.fst model versus many grass experiments over Europe

Author(s)
Joost Wolf
Address
WUR, Plant Production Systems, P.O. Box 430, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands
Website

http://www.pps.wur.nl/UK/

 

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Date Version Title
2012.04.25 vers. 1 LINGRA-N grass model