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The forest model FORCLIM 65<br />

a) b)<br />

c<br />

kLa s = 9<br />

1.0<br />

1.0<br />

kLa<br />

s<br />

= 1<br />

gALGF<br />

0.5<br />

s<br />

gDDGF<br />

0.5<br />

0.0<br />

0<br />

gAL Hc<br />

1<br />

0.0<br />

0<br />

kDDM<strong>in</strong>s<br />

kDDMaxs<br />

3000<br />

uDD<br />

c) d)<br />

1.0<br />

1.0<br />

kNTol<br />

s<br />

= 1<br />

s<br />

gSMGF<br />

s<br />

0.5<br />

gSNGF<br />

0.5<br />

kNTol<br />

s<br />

= 3<br />

0.0<br />

0<br />

uDrStr<br />

kDrT s<br />

1<br />

0.0<br />

0<br />

50 100<br />

uAvN<br />

150<br />

Fig. 3.7: The four growth factors <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> FORCLIM-P submodel:<br />

a) available light growth factor (gALGF c ); b) degree-day growth factor (gDDGF s );<br />

c) soil moisture growth factor (gSMGF s ); d) soil nitrogen growth factor (gSNGF s ).<br />

gFolA c = kC 2,s<br />

kC 1,s<br />

· gFolW c (3.20)<br />

gFolW c = kC 1,s · kA 1,s· D c<br />

kA 2,s<br />

(3.21)<br />

where <strong>the</strong> kA i,s and kC i,s are allometric parameters. Eq. 3.22 & 3.23 describe <strong>the</strong> light<br />

response function <strong>of</strong> shade-tolerant (gL 1,c ) and shade-<strong>in</strong>tolerant (gL 9,c ) tree species,<br />

respectively, as a function <strong>of</strong> light availability (gAL, Botk<strong>in</strong> et al. 1972a,b):<br />

gL 1,c = 1 – e -4.64⋅(gAL gHc – 0.05) (3.22)

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