SORTIE-ND
Software for spatially-explicit simulation of forest dynamics

NCI nitrogen effects

Note: If these effects are used with NCI Mortality, the time period unit for parameters must match the value specified in the NCI Parameter Period (years) parameter.


Gaussian nitrogen effect

Parameters

Nitrogen Effect X0The X0 parameter for the nitrogen effect.
Nitrogen Effect X0The Xb parameter for the nitrogen effect.

How it works

Nitrogen Effect is calculated as:

Gaussian nitrogen effect equation

where:

  • X0 is the Nitrogen Effect X0 parameter
  • Xb is the Nitrogen Effect Xb parameter
  • N is the plot's annual nitrogen deposition value, as entered for the Plot