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Description

The goal of the soil model is to dynamically simulate the distribution of organic contaminants and metals in abiotic media (i.e. soil particles, pore water) of soil systems, with a description of their depth profile in the root zone.

Interface

Inputs

NameProvided byComment
Concentration of the pollutant in river waterRiver,River measurements
Dry deposition flux of contaminated aerosols that is intercepted by vegetationFruit tree,Leaf
Rainfall per day and unit surfaceAtmosphere,Atmosphere measurements
Soil surfaceFruit tree,Grain,Leaf,Potato,Root
Surfacic dry deposition flux of contaminated aerosolsAtmosphere,Atmosphere measurements
Surfacic wet deposition flux of contaminated aerosolsAtmosphere,Atmosphere measurements
Surfacic wet deposition flux of contaminated gasAtmosphere,Atmosphere measurements
Temperature in airSoil,Soil measurements
Wet deposition flux of contaminated aerosols that is intercepted by vegetationFruit tree,Leaf

Outputs

NameUsed byComment
Actual evapotranspirationFruit tree,Grain,Leaf,Root
Diffusion from air to soilAtmosphere
Diffusion from soil to airAtmosphere
Dry density of soilFruit tree
Temperature in airSoil,Fruit tree,Grain,Leaf,Potato,Root
Total concentration of the chemical in the root zone averaged over depthFruit tree,Grain,Leaf,Potato,Root,Human intake,Population intake
Wash offRiver

Working with the Soil model

See also

merlin-expo/models/soil.txt · Last modified: 2015/08/13 14:07 (external edit)