S-map parameters for APSIM

Iris Vogeler*, Linda Lilburne, Trevor Webb, Rogerio Cichota, Joanna Sharp, Sam Carrick, Hamish Brown, Val Snow

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Abstract

Agroecosystem models have become an important tool for impact assessment studies, and their results are often used for management and policy decisions. Soil information is a key input for these models, yet site-specific soil property data are often not available, and soil databases are increasingly being used to provide input parameters. For New Zealand, the digital spatial soil information system S-map provides geospatial data on a range of soil characteristics, including estimates of soil water properties. We describe a protocol for how properties from S-map can be used as input parameters for the APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator) framework. Finally, we investigate how changes in the physical description of soil layers, and soil organic matter pools, affect the various outputs of APSIM. • This paper presents a description of how information from S-map, a digital soil map of New Zealand, can be used for building a soil description for APSIM. • A sensitivity analysis shows the effect of soil layering and the set-up setup, size, and distribution of SOM pools on model outputs, including plant growth and N leaching

Original languageEnglish
Article number101632
JournalMethodsX
Volume9
Number of pages16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2022

Keywords

  • Digital spatial soil information
  • Process-based modelling
  • S-map parameters for APSIM
  • Sensitivity analysis
  • PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS
  • TEXTURE
  • SOIL
  • FIELD ESTIMATION
  • SIMULATION
  • WATER

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