Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of CarbonCycleUnits

Timestamp:

11/28/17 17:05:58 (6 years ago)

Author:

smoreira

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CarbonCycleUnits

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 Table 1 in Six and Maier-Reimer (1996) shows parameter values for the phytoplankton and zooplankton equations which mostly coincide with the parameter definitions present in '''initmbiopar.f''' (if not with the same value, a very similar one). For example, half-saturation constant for nutrient uptake is in both cases 0.016 µmolC×L^-1^ or minimum phytoplankton concentration, which is set in both cases, publication and OCYCC code to 0.01 µmol×L^-1^
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+A similar example can be tested in the case of zooplankton. Half-saturation constant for phytoplankton ingestion is in Six and Maier-Reimer (1996) equal to 4 µmol×L^-1^ and similar to the value used in OCYCC 3.5 µmol×L^-1^, which can be found in '''initmbiopar.f'''
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+Those parameters and many others related to phytoplankton and zooplankton dynamics prove that the same equations are used in both cases and, therefore, units of the main variables must be the same. This means that units for phytoplankton and zooplankton are µmol×L^-1^ or µmol×kg^-1^, assuming an averaged density value of 1 kg×L^-1^ 
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 == Inorganic Carbon Equilibrium for Climber, subroutine incche ==