What's New Archive
Version 6.07 released November 30, 2006
Note: If you have a parameter file from an earlier version, and you are using behaviors that have been updated in version 6.05, load your file and save it. SORTIE-ND will automatically make any needed adjustments to your parameter file.
New in version 6.07:
- You can now track subplots for detailed output files
- The File menu now has an option for setting a working directory
- New analysis behavior - Partitioned DBH Biomass, which calculates biomass separated out by branch, leaf, and bole
- New analysis behavior - Partitioned Palm Biomass, which calculates biomass separated out by leaf and bole
- New light behavior - Average Light, which averages together existing GLI calculations
- New disturbance behavior - Harvest Interface, which provides a link between SORTIE and a separate application for doing harvests
- New mortality behavior - Aggregated Mortality, which clumps together tree death in both time and space
- New mortality behavior - Exponential Growth and Resource-Based Mortality, which calculates mortality as a probability of growth and a second resource
- New light behavior - Constant GLI, which provides the same value of GLI to every tree (this behavior replaces the Constant full GLI behavior)
- Added the possibility of cyclicity in storm frequency and intensity through time to Windstorm
Minor changes and bug fixes:
- Clicking on an output graph to bring it to the front causes its legend to come to the front as well
- The extra step of clicking a button to save a file has been eliminated when editing a batch file
- The XY Tree Map now has a minimum display DBH control
- If multiple output files are open and you choose "File->Close output file" from the main menu, you will have an option to close all of the files at once
- The Tree setup window has a new button for adding a tree map to the current parameter file
- If multiple behaviors use the same grid, that grid will display correctly for entering grid maps
- The Grid value edit window now correctly saves the last value entered even if the cell is still in edit mode
- Fixed bug that caused changes to output settings for members of grids to become new entries rather than replacement entries; this also caused the output settings for grids and trees to behave in the same way
- Fixed a bug allowing Puerto Rico semi-stochastic growth to set a negative tree DBH in some circumstances
- Fixed a bug that caused designing complicated subplots to slow and eventually crash when too many cells were clicked
- Changed the way neighbor storm damage was treated for NCI growth and NCI mortality
Version 6.06 released March 31, 2006
Note: If you have a parameter file from an earlier version, and you are using behaviors that have been updated in version 6.05, load your file and save it. SORTIE-ND will automatically make any needed adjustments to your parameter file.
New in version 6.06:
- New allometry equation for saplings - the power diameter-height relationship
- Updated allometry equation - the DBH - diameter at 10 cm relationship now has an intercept term
- New seed survival behavior - Storm Light Dependent Seed Survival, which works with the light levels produced by the Storm Light behavior
- New mortality behavior - Stochastic Bi-Level Mortality, which uses two different mortality rates in high and low light
- New disturbance behavior - Windstorm, which follows a given storm regime to produce storms and kill trees as a result
- New growth behavior - Basal Area NCI Growth, which calculates tree growth as a function of neighborhood basal area
- New light behavior - Basal Area Light, which calculates light levels as a function of neighborhood basal area of angiosperms and conifers
- New disturbance behavior - Storm Killer - that kills trees damaged in storms. This behavior takes over and expands a function previously performed by the Storm Damage Applier behavior
- New analysis behavior - Tree Age, which tracks tree ages
- New mortality behavior - Height-GLI Weibull Mortality, which calculates tree mortality as a function of tree height and light levels
- New growth behavior - Puerto Rico Storm Bi-Level Growth, which uses two functions to calculate growth before and after storms
- New analysis behavior - Merchantable Timber Value, which calculates the value of merchantable timber in a plot
- New analysis behavior - Carbon Value, which calculates the amount of carbon in a plot and its value
- Stand and Stock output tables now display species-specific values as well as plot total values
- The Storm Light behavior has an updated equation for light calculation
- The main window is now equipped with scroll bars, to allow you to use more space when viewing charts and graphs
- The Tree Setup window is now capable of changing the name of a species
- The Density Dependent Seed Survival behavior's survival area has been standardized to per square meter
- The Relative Michaelis-Menton growth behaviors now have an additional exponent on diameter
- The Substrate behavior uses a new equation for decayed log decay
- Developers: The C++ model code has been ported to the GCC compiler set and the Eclipse development environment
Version 6.05 released August 3, 2005
Note: If you have a parameter file from an earlier version, and you are using behaviors that have been updated in version 6.04, load your file and save it. SORTIE-ND will automatically make any needed adjustments to your parameter file.
New in version 6.05:
Version 6.04 released May 16, 2005
Note: If you have a parameter file from an earlier version, and you are using behaviors that have been updated in version 6.04, load your file and save it. SORTIE-ND will automatically make any needed adjustments to your parameter file.
New in version 6.04:
- You can now choose the appropriate allometry equation for each species for each life history stage
- You can now set the height boundary between seedlings and saplings for trees
- The establishment behaviors have been restructured, allowing you to mix and match seed survival effects
- The Storm damage applier behavior can create tip-ups from storm-killed trees
- New harvest behavior - Selection harvest - that allows SORTIE-ND to decide when to perform harvests based on target basal area levels
- New behavior - GLI Points File Creator - which calculates GLI at certain specific points
- New light behavior - Storm Light behavior - that uses storm damage as a proxy for finding light levels
- New growth behavior - Puerto Rico semi-stochastic growth
- New growth behavior - Linear bi-level growth - that can grow trees with two sets of parameters based on light level
- New growth behavior - Lognormal bi-level growth - that can grow trees with two sets of parameters based on light level
- New mortality behavior - Logistic Bi-Level Mortality - that can use two sets of parameters based on light level
- NCI growth and NCI Mortality now each have a flag for whether or not to include snags in NCI calculations
- Refinement of substrate dynamics for snags, allowing them to tip-up at different rates from live trees
Version 6.03 released April 6, 2005
New in version 6.03:
Version 6.02 released March 10, 2005
New in version 6.02: