soil water content output for APEX1501

[Claire Baffaut]

Dear all,

I am looking for soil water content outputs by subarea and by layer. The DCN output file does this but its format is difficult for post processing. Is there another output file that gives this information and that has a format easier to handle? (I looked at a previous message that gave suggestions for SWC output (2/22/22) but among those, the DCN is the only one that gives SWC by layer and by subarea.)

Also, I am getting SWC values > 1.00 in the top 10 mm of the soil profile. Since SWC is given in m/m, I do not understand what that means. I would appreciate any help to understand this.

Thank you very much for any help.

Claire Baffaut

[Luca Doro]

Dear Claire,

I am afraid that at the moment the DCN output file is the only one that provides the information you need.

About SWC>1, in my opinion, it means that the first soil layer is flooded.

Best,

Luca

[Carlos Alberto Arnillas]

Dear Claire

I have been working on an R code to read DCN output files (and most other APEX files). The code is mostly functional, so, if you are familiar with R, I can share it with you.

Best,

Carlos Alberto

[Claire Baffaut]

Thank you for the offer. Expecting that answer, we already started to write one. I think it will be operational today. Claire.

[Claire Baffaut]

If it flooded, shouldn't that water be added to surface runoff?  

[Luca Doro]

It should, unless you have some barrier. Which version of the model are you using? Eventually, can you share the input files with me?

Luca