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====Resources====
{{:merlin-expo:models:leaf_model_16june2015.docx|Documentation}}
====Description====
The Leaf model is used to estimate the time-dependent accumulation (in mass and concentration bases) of organic/metals in the edible part in leaves at harvest (especially for leaf crops like salads, cabbage, spinach, etc). 
====Interface====
===Inputs===
^Name^Provided by^Comment^
|Actual evapotranspiration|[[merlin-expo:models:Soil]],[[merlin-expo:models:Soil measurements]]| |
|Concentration in raw water|[[merlin-expo:models:River]],[[merlin-expo:models:River measurements]]| |
|Concentration in soil|[[merlin-expo:models:Soil]],[[merlin-expo:models:Soil measurements]]| |
|Gaseous concentration in the atmosphere|[[merlin-expo:models:Atmosphere]],[[merlin-expo:models:Atmosphere measurements]]| |
|Surface dry deposition flux of contaminated aerosols|[[merlin-expo:models:Atmosphere]],[[merlin-expo:models:Atmosphere measurements]]| |
|Surface wet deposition flux of contaminated aerosols|[[merlin-expo:models:Atmosphere]],[[merlin-expo:models:Atmosphere measurements]]| |
|Temperature of air|[[merlin-expo:models:Soil]],[[merlin-expo:models:Soil measurements]]| |
===Outputs===
^Name^Used by^Comment^
|Concentration in leaf at harvest|[[merlin-expo:models:Human intake]],[[merlin-expo:models:Population intake]]| |
|Dry deposition intercepted|[[merlin-expo:models:Soil]]| |
|Surface area of field|[[merlin-expo:models:Soil]]| |
|Total diffusion downwards|[[merlin-expo:models:Atmosphere]]| |
|Total diffusion upwards|[[merlin-expo:models:Atmosphere]]| |
|Total wet deposition aerosols intercepted|[[merlin-expo:models:Soil]]| |
====Working with the leaf model====
====See also====
  * [[:Library]]