//---------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Adds some biomass for a species to the LITTER pools at a site.
/// </summary>
public static VarEcoregionSpecies<double> GetKNwdLitter()
{
KNwdLitter = new VarEcoregionSpecies<double>("KNwdLitter");
foreach (IEcoregion ecoregion in PlugIn.ModelCore.Ecoregions)
{
double siteAET = (double)AET[ecoregion];
foreach (ISpecies spc in PlugIn.modelCore.Species)
{
//Calculation of decomposition rate for species litter cohort
// Decay rate from Meentemeyer 1978. Ecology 59: 465-472.
KNwdLitter[ecoregion, spc] =1.0/12.0 * (-0.5365 + (0.00241 * siteAET)) - (((-0.01586 + (0.000056 * siteAET)) * FolLignin[spc] * 100));
}
}
return KNwdLitter;
}
public static void Initialize(IInputParameters parameters)
{
AET = parameters.AET;
FolLignin = parameters.FolLignin;
KNwdLitter = GetKNwdLitter();
}
