Abstract
NCSOIL simulates C and N (total and tracers) transformations in soils. It is the module of a larger model which computes C and N flows in the soil-water-air-plant system (NCSWAP). As a stand-alone model, NCSOIL was initiated in 1980 and has been validated against several data sets (Barak et al., 1990 a; Barak et al., 1990 b; Hadas et al., 1993 a; Hadas et al., 1993 b; Hadas et al., 1987; Hadas et al., 1992 a; Hadas et al., 1992 b; Hetier et al., 1989–1990; Houot et al., 1989; Molina et al., 1994; Molina et al., 1980; Molina et al., 1983; Molina et al., 1990; Nicolardot et al., 1994 a; Nicolardot et al., 1994 b).
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Molina, J.A.E. (1996). Description of the model NCSOIL. In: Powlson, D.S., Smith, P., Smith, J.U. (eds) Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Models. NATO ASI Series, vol 38. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61094-3_21
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