1. General Model Information

Name: WHCO2T 3

Acronym: WHCO2T3

Main medium: air+terrestrial
Main subject: biogeochemistry
Organization level: ecosystem
Type of model: ordinary differential equations
Main application:
Keywords: crop growth, wheat, atmospheric CO2, air temperature changes

Contact:

Dr. S. Nonhebel
Wageningen Agricultural University
Dept. Theoretical Production Ecology
P.O.Box 430
6700 AK Wageningen
THE NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31.8370.82382/82141
Fax : +31.8370.84892
email: tpenonhebel@rcl.wau.nl

Author(s):

Abstract:

The model is described in the PhD thesis of S. Nonhebel: 'The importance of weather data in crop growth simulation models and assessment of climatic change effects', Wageningen Agricultural University, 1993. This version available is the one used in chapter 7 of the thesis, a detailed description is found in chapter 6. The model is developed to simulate the effects of increased atmospheric CO2 concentration on wheat yields in Europe solely or in combination with changes in air temperature. The model simulates both potential and water-limited production of a wheat crop and is based on SUCROS87. For further description is referred to data sheets of SUCROS1* and SUCROS2* . The model is also used in: Nonhebel, S., 1993. The effect of changes in temperature and CO2 concentration on simulated spring wheat yields in The Netherlands. Climatic Change 24: 311-329. Nonhebel, S., 1994. The effect of use of average instead of daily weather data in crop growth simulation models. Agricultural systems, 44 (4), 377-396. Nonhebel, S., 1994. The effect of inaccurate or missing weather data on crop growth simulation results. I Potential production. Climatic Research, 1 (4): 47-60. Nonhebel, S., 1994. The effect of inaccurate or missing weather data on crop growth simulation results. II Water-limited production. Climatic Research, 1 (4): 61-74.

Author of the abstract:

CAMASE (Concerted Action for the development and testing of quantitative methods for research on Agricultural Systems and the Environment).

II. Technical Information

II.1 Executables:

Operating System(s): Macintosh

II.2 Source-code:

Programming Language(s): FORTRAN-77

II.3 Manuals:

II.4 Data:

III. Mathematical Information

III.1 Mathematics

III.2 Quantities

III.2.1 Input

III.2.2 Output

IV. References

Nonhebel, S., 1993. The importance of weather data in crop growth simulation models andassessment of climatic change effects. PhD thesis, Wageningen Agricultural University. 144 pp.

V. Further information in the World-Wide-Web

VI. Additional remarks

Last review of this document by: T. Gabele : Tue Oct 7 1997
Status of the document:
last modified by Joachim Benz Mon Jul 2 18:31:37 CEST 2007