Pedosphere 18(6): 681--690, 2008
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©2008 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
| Application of the nutrient cycling model NuCM to a forest monitoring site exposed to acidic precipitation in China |
ZHU Jian-Hua 1, YU Peng-Tao1, T. A. SOGN2, WANG Yan-Hui1 and J. MULDER2 |
1 Research Institute of Forest Ecology and Environment, Chinese Academy of Forestry, and the Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of the Chinese State Forestry Administration, Beijing 100091 (China). E-mail: zhucool@caf.ac.cn;
2 Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural University of Norway, P.O. Box 5003, N-1430 Aas (Norway) |
| ABSTRACT |
| The nutrient cycling model NuCM is one of the most detailed models for simulating processes that influence nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. A field study was conducted at Tieshanping, a Masson pine (Pinus massoniana Lamb.) forest site, in Chongqing, China, to monitor the impacts of acidic precipitation on nutrient cycling. NuCM simulations were compared with observed data from the study site. The model produced an approximate fit with the observed data. It simulated the mean annual soil solution concentrations in the two simulation years, whereas it sometimes failed to reproduce seasonal variation. Even though some of the parameters required by model running were measured in the field, some others were still highly uncertain and the uncertainties were analyzed. Some of the uncertain parameters necessary for model running should be measured and calibrated to produce a better fit between modeled results and field data. |
| Key Words: acid rain, forest soil, nutrient cycling model, simulation |
| Citation: Zhu, J. H., Yu, P. T., Sogn, T. A., Wang, Y. H. and Mulder, J. 2008. Application of the nutrient cycling model NuCM to a forest monitoring site exposed to acidic precipitation in China. Pedosphere. 18(6): 681-690. |
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