LINTUL-4 generic simulation model for crop growth under potential, water limited and N-limited conditions and under climatic change

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    General
    Name
    LINTUL4
    Program type
    FORTRAN
    Available since
    Description

    LINTUL-4 is a generic and simple crop growth model that can simulate crop growth under both potential, water limited and nitrogen limited conditions. The main simulated processes are: photosynthesis, phenological development, assimilate distribution to crop organs, water uptake, nitrogen uptake, evapo-transpiration, soil water balance, and nitrogen balance. Note that soil organic matter decomposition and Nitrogen dynamics are not modeled.

     

    Scale of application
    regional
    Spatial resolution
    field
    Key outputs

    Biomass production,  yield, crop transpiration, soil evaporation, crop nitrogen uptake, simple soil water balance, simple soil nitrogen balance

    Time horizon
    growing seasson
    Time step of modeling
    day
    Required to run

    FORTRAN compiler; without compiler, the EXE-file may be used to run the model by changing the data sets with crop, soil and weather characteristics

    Required to develop

    FORTRAN compiler

    Database I/O
    N.A.
    Background information
    Articles

    Main crop processes in LINTUL-4 model are described in the article by Shibu about the LINTUL model for rice; note that LINTUL-4 can be used for about 20 different crop types.

    Examples

    None

    Applications & Use

    LINTUL-4 is presently used within the AgMIP wheat model comparison. Results are not yet available.

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

    Plant Production systems group, Wageningen University

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

     

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    2013.04.08 v.6 LINTUL4
    2013.04.08 v.6 with vernalisation LINTUL4