Soil Moisture Content

(c) 2002 by O.Conrad
The WEELS (Wind Erosion on European Light Soils) soil moisture model dynamically calculates the soil moisture based on the rules proposed by the DVWK (1996) with input data about:
- soil properties (grids: field capacity and permanent wilting point)
- land use (grid: crop types)
- climate (table: daily values of precipitation, temperature, air humidity)

References:
- DVWK - Deutscher Verband fuer Wasserwirtschaft und Kulturbau e.V. (1996): 'Ermittlung der Verdunstung von Land- und Wasserflaechen', DVWK Merkblaetter 238/1996, Bonn, 135p.
- Boehner, J., Schaefer, W., Conrad, O., Gross, J., Ringeler, A. (2001): 'The WEELS Model: methods, results and limits of wind erosion modelling', In: Catena, Special Issue

Parameters

Grid system
Grid system
Grid system
Field Capacity [mm]
Input Grid
Default
Floating point
Permanent Wilting Point [mm]
Input Grid
Default
Floating point
Land Use
Input Grid
Default
Integer
Soil Moisture
Output Grid
Climate Data
Static table
Crop Coefficients
Static table