/// <summary>
/// Populate the allocator with information about each plant species (or cohort).
/// These routines should be called for each "species" in each time step before
/// computing the water uptake rate.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Idx">Index number for this "species"</param>
/// <param name="WaterDemand">Potential water uptake kg/m^2/d = mm/d</param>
public virtual void setPlantDemand(int Idx, double WaterDemand)
{
checkPlantIndex(Idx);
if (FPlantInfo[Idx] == null)
{
FPlantInfo[Idx] = new PlantUptake();
}
FPlantInfo[Idx].Demand = WaterDemand; //WaterDemand is already in kg/m^2/d
}
/// <summary>
/// Zeroes the plant information in case an index is left unused
/// </summary>
public virtual void initTimeStep()
{
FPlantInfo = new PlantUptake[GrazType.MaxPlantSpp];
for (int Idx = 0; Idx <= FNoPlants - 1; Idx++)
{
FPlantInfo[Idx] = new PlantUptake();
}
FWaterUptake = new double[GrazType.MaxPlantSpp, GrazType.MaxSoilLayers];
FSoilFract = new double[GrazType.MaxPlantSpp, GrazType.MaxSoilLayers];
}
