Numerical model of nitrogen transport in the soil. Part I: Model development and test

摘要

This study aims at modifying the soil solute transport model SIMASS-C, allowing it to simulate the nitrate and ammonium concentrations in the soil, considering the biological transformations and the effect of temperature and water content of the soil. The first stage consisted of mathematical formulation and elaboration of a computational routine model, in the Delphi 7.0 language. In the second stage, the parameters of the mineralization and nitrification models were fitted and the SIMASS-C model tested, considering statistical coefficients and comparison between observed and simulated data. The exponential model gave a good fitting to the mineralization and nitrification data. The incorporation of the mineralization and nitrification processes in the SIMASS-C model resulted in an improvement in the estimate of the nitrate and ammonium concentrations in the soil. The temperature model allowed to estimate temperature in soil profile with good precision.