Studies

DALEC (Data Assimilation Linked Ecosystem Carbon) represents the C cycle with a simple box model of pools connected via fluxes. There are five pools: C content of foliage (Cf); woody stems and coarse roots (Cw) and fine roots (Cr); and of fresh leaf and fine root litter (Clitter) and soil organic matter (SOM) plus WD (CSOM/WD).  The fluxes among pools are based on the following assumptions: All C fixed during a day is either expended in autotrophic respiration or else allocated to one of three ...