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Variables

float * HP_ALG_MAX
float * HP_FLOC_IC
float * HP_FLOC_IC_CTOOM
float * HP_FLOC_IC_PC
float * HP_DOM_MAXDEPTH
float * HP_DOM_AEROBTHIN
float * HP_HYD_RCINFILT
float * HP_HYD_SPEC_YIELD
float * HP_HYD_POROSITY
float * HP_TP_CONC_GRAD
float * HP_SALT_ICSEDWAT
float * HP_SALT_ICSFWAT
float * HP_PHBIO_MAX
float * HP_NPHBIO_MAX
float * HP_MAC_MAXHT
float * HP_NPHBIO_ROOTDEPTH
float * HP_MAC_MAXROUGH
float * HP_MAC_MINROUGH
float * HP_MAC_MAXLAI
float * HP_MAC_MAXCANOPCOND
float * HP_MAC_CANOPDECOUP
float * HP_MAC_TEMPOPT
float * HP_MAC_LIGHTSAT
float * HP_MAC_KSP
float * HP_PHBIO_RCNPP
float * HP_PHBIO_RCMORT
float * HP_MAC_WAT_TOLER
float * HP_MAC_SALIN_THRESH
float * HP_PHBIO_IC_CTOOM
float * HP_NPHBIO_IC_CTOOM
float * HP_PHBIO_IC_PC
float * HP_NPHBIO_IC_PC
float * HP_MAC_TRANSLOC_RC
float * HP_SfDepthLo
float * HP_SfDepthHi
float * HP_SfDepthInt
float * HP_PhosLo
float * HP_PhosHi
float * HP_PhosInt
float * HP_FireInt


Detailed Description

Header file for habitat-specific parameters for the ecological Unit Model.

This declares habitat-specific parameters that are global to Unit_Mod.c.

Note: documented with Doxygen, which expects specific syntax within special comments.

The Everglades Landscape Model (ELM).
last updated: Jan 2005

Definition in file unitmod_habparms.h.


Variable Documentation

float* HP_ALG_MAX
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: gC/m^2; _Brief_: Maximum attainable (observed) algal biomass density.

Definition at line 31 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_FLOC_IC
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: kgOM/m^2; _Brief_: Initial mass of floc organic material (ash free dry weight).

Definition at line 33 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_FLOC_IC_CTOOM
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: dimless; _Brief_: Initial mass ratio of organic carbon to total organic material in floc (ash free dry weight).

Definition at line 34 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_FLOC_IC_PC
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: dimless; _Brief_: Initial mass ratio of phosphorus to carbon in floc organic matter (ash free dry weight).

Definition at line 35 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_DOM_MAXDEPTH
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: m; _Brief_: Maximum depth (positive, from sediment surface) of Deposited Organic Matter to consider in model. This determines the depth of the active DOM zone for all model dynamics via: 1) decomposition, 2) sorption/desorption of nutrients, and 3) nutrient uptake by macrophytes. This generally should be <= the max root depth parm (less than root depth in case of trees).

Definition at line 37 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_DOM_AEROBTHIN
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: m; _Brief_: The thin aerobic zone in a flooded wetland. Note that aerobic total depth is defined to include any zone of soil/sediment that is unsaturated or devoid of water.

Definition at line 38 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_HYD_RCINFILT
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: m/d; _Brief_: Rate of infiltration into the unsaturated water storage zone.

Definition at line 40 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_HYD_SPEC_YIELD
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: dimless; _Brief_: Proportion of total sediment/soil volume, for a given soil type, that represents water able to be drained by gravity. Field capacity = porosity - specific yield; ensure that alterations to porosity and specific yield are consistent in your parameterization.

Definition at line 41 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_HYD_POROSITY
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: dimless; _Brief_: Porosity of the aquifer, average from the sediment to base datum. Field capacity = porosity - specific yield; ensure that alterations to porosity and specific yield are consistent in your parameterization. Must be non-zero.

Definition at line 42 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_TP_CONC_GRAD
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: dimless; _Brief_: For concentration gradient, provide the ratio of this nutrient in the inactive DOM zone to that in the active DOM zone. Used in partioning the mass of sediment nutrients to different concentrations in the shallow active DOM zone and the deeper inactive zone.

Definition at line 44 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_SALT_ICSEDWAT
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: g/L; _Brief_: Initial salt concentration in the sediment water.

Definition at line 46 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_SALT_ICSFWAT
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: g/L; _Brief_: Initial salt concentration in the surface water.

Definition at line 47 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_PHBIO_MAX
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: kgC/m^2; _Brief_: Maximum attainable (observed) biomass density of photosynthetic tissue.

Definition at line 49 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_NPHBIO_MAX
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: kgC/m^2; _Brief_: Maximum attainable (observed) biomass density of nonphotosynthetic tissue.

Definition at line 50 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_MAC_MAXHT
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: m; _Brief_: Maximum observed/attainable height of mature plant community (associated with a unit plant density at maturity).

Definition at line 51 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_NPHBIO_ROOTDEPTH
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: m; _Brief_: Depth of roots below the sediment/soil zone (positive value) for the community.

Definition at line 52 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_MAC_MAXROUGH
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: d/(m^(1/3)); _Brief_: The maximum Manning's n roughness associated with present vegetation when fully inundated by water. The relation of the total manning's n to water depth ranges along the continuum from the roughness due to sediment only and roughness imparted by inundation of plants by water depth. Be sure this max value > the minimum roughness coeff.

Definition at line 53 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_MAC_MINROUGH
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: d/(m^(1/3)); _Brief_: The minimum Manning's roughness coefficient for minimal/no vegetation. Be sure this value is less than the roughness coeff for the vegetation.

Definition at line 54 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_MAC_MAXLAI
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: dimless; _Brief_: Maximum observed/attainable Leaf Area Index for a mature community (= area of leaves/area of ground).

Definition at line 55 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_MAC_MAXCANOPCOND
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: mol/m^2/sec; _Brief_: UNUSED (v2.2+)Maximum canopy conductance (units mol LEAFm-2 sec-1) for plant that is NOT water stressed. For simplicitly, assume canopy conductance = unweighted mean of all leaves in canopy, using lit. values for leaf conductance. See Jarvis & McNaughton 1986.

Definition at line 56 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_MAC_CANOPDECOUP
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: dimless; _Brief_: UNUSED (v2.2+)Canopy couple/decouple factor descirbing how closely the saturation deficit at the canopy surface is linked to the saturation deficit outside the Planetary Boundary Layer. SCALE dependent; this algorithm assumes model is geared towards large field, scale of hundreds to several thousand meters size. See Jarvis 1986. Values near 0 (perfectly coupled) for many tree canopies, near 1 for grassland-type canopies.

Definition at line 57 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_MAC_TEMPOPT
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: deg C; _Brief_: Optimal temperature for maximum primary production growth rate.

Definition at line 58 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_MAC_LIGHTSAT
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: cal/cm^2/d; _Brief_: Saturating light intensity (langleys/d = cal/cm^2 per day) for macrophyte growth kinetics.

Definition at line 59 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_MAC_KSP
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: mgP/L; _Brief_: Half saturation coeff of phosphorus for the nutrient uptake kinetics of macrophytes.

Definition at line 60 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_PHBIO_RCNPP
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: 1/d; _Brief_: Maximum observed/attainable specific rate of net primary production.

Definition at line 61 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_PHBIO_RCMORT
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: 1/d; _Brief_: Baseline specific rate of photobiomass mortality.

Definition at line 62 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_MAC_WAT_TOLER
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: m; _Brief_: Depth of ponded surface water above which plant growth becomes restricted. Used in growth control function. Should be at least a very small positive number: A value of zero will be reset to 5mm in code.

Definition at line 63 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_MAC_SALIN_THRESH
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: g/L; _Brief_: UNUSED (v2.2, v2.3)Salinity threshold, above which plant growth decreases linearly with increasing salinity.

Definition at line 64 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_PHBIO_IC_CTOOM
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: gC/gOM; _Brief_: Initial ratio of organic carbon to total organic material in PhotoBiomass (ash free dry weight).

Definition at line 65 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_NPHBIO_IC_CTOOM
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: gC/gOM; _Brief_: Initial ratio of organic carbon to total organic material in NonPhotoBiomass (ash free dry weight).

Definition at line 66 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_PHBIO_IC_PC
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: gP/gC; _Brief_: Initial phosphorus:carbon ratio in PhotoBiomass (ash free dry weight).

Definition at line 67 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_NPHBIO_IC_PC
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: gP/gC; _Brief_: Initial phosphorus:carbon ratio in NonPhotoBiomass (ash free dry weight).

Definition at line 68 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_MAC_TRANSLOC_RC
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: 1/d; _Brief_: Simple, bi-directional baseline translocation rate between Non-photo and Photo biomass; consider this gradual equilibrium as placeholder for a more process-based algorithm

Definition at line 69 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_SfDepthLo
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: m; _Brief_: Lower Depth tolerance for Surface Water Depth

Definition at line 71 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), HabSwitch_Init(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_SfDepthHi
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: m; _Brief_: Higher Depth tolerance for Surface Water Depth

Definition at line 72 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), HabSwitch_Init(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_SfDepthInt
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: days; _Brief_: Time Interval for staying within Surface Water Depth range

Definition at line 73 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), HabSwitch_Init(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_PhosLo
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: mgP/kg soil; _Brief_: Lower concentration tolerance for soil total Phosphorus

Definition at line 74 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), HabSwitch_Init(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_PhosHi
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: mgP/kg soil; _Brief_: Higher concentration tolerance for soil total Phosphorus

Definition at line 75 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), HabSwitch_Init(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_PhosInt
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: days; _Brief_: Time Interval for staying within soil total Phosphorus range

Definition at line 76 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), HabSwitch_Init(), and ReadHabParms().

float* HP_FireInt
 

Habitat-specific parameter. _Units_: days; _Brief_: UNUSED. Time Interval since last Fire

Definition at line 77 of file unitmod_habparms.h.

Referenced by alloc_memory(), HabSwitch_Init(), and ReadHabParms().


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