The plant community is represented by an array of spatially explicit crowns that have either ellipsoid or conic shape. It is used now to evaluate potential effects of climate change, CO2 and nitrogen regimes on carbon, water and nutrient fluxes, net primary productivity, and yield. Input More than 600 physiological parameters, stand structure, and site characterization.
Minimum requirements are daily minimum temperature, daily maximum temperatures, and precipitation.
Parameters specified by users. Mathematical models of the photosynthetic response of tree stands torising CO2 concentrations and temperatures. McMurtrie, R. E., Leuning, R., Thompson, W. A., and Wheeler, A. M. 1992. A model of canopy photosynthesis and water use incorporating a mechanistic formulation of leaf CO2 exchange. Forest Ecology and Management.