MODELLING WATER AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS IN SOIL-CROP SYSTEMS

By DANIEL RAMIREZ

CONTENTS 1 MODELLING WATER AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS IN SOIL–CROP SYSTEMS: A COMPARISON OF SIMULATION MODELS APPLIED ON COMMON DATA SETS 2 THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MODEL AMBAV FOR EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND SOIL MOISTURE ON MÜNCHEBERG DATA 3 PERFORMANCE OF THE MODEL SIMWASER IN TWO CONTRASTING CASE STUDIES ON SOIL WATER MOVEMENT 4 APPLICATION AND VALIDATION OF THE MODELS THESEUS AND OPUS WITH TWO FIELD EXPERIMENTAL DATA SETS 5 INTEGRATING A SPATIAL MICROMETEOROLOGICAL MODEL INTO THE RISK ASSESSMENT FOR ARABLE CROPS IN HILLY TERRAIN 6 MODELLING SOIL–CROP INTERACTIONS WITH AGROSIM MODEL FAMILY 7 CROP SIMULATION MODEL OF THE SECOND AND THE THIRD PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS 8 THE NDICEA MODEL, A TOOL TO IMPROVE NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY IN CROPPING SYSTEMS 9 SIMULATION OF WATER AND NITROGEN FLOWS ON FIELD SCALE; APPLICATION OF THE SWAP–ANIMO MODEL FOR THE MÜNCHEBERG DATA SET 10 EVALUATION OF WATER AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS IN SOIL–CROP SYSTEMS USING THE ECO-HYDROLOGICAL CATCHMENT MODEL SWIM 11 MODELLING NITROGEN DYNAMICS IN SOIL–CROP SYSTEMS WITH HERMES 12 CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION OF CERES MODEL FOR SIMULATING WATER AND NUTRIENTS IN GERMANY 13 THE IMPACT OF CROP GROWTH MODEL CHOICE ON THE SIMULATED WATER AND NITROGEN BALANCES 14 SIMULATING TRENDS IN CROP YIELD AND SOIL CARBON IN A LONG-TERM EXPERIMENT – EFFECTS OF RISING CO2, N DEPOSITION AND IMPROVED CULTIVATION 15 COMPARISON OF METHODS FOR THE ESTIMATION OF INERT CARBON SUITABLE FOR INITIALISATION OF THE CANDY MODEL 16 MÜNCHEBERG FIELD TRIAL DATA SET FOR AGRO-ECOSYSTEM MODEL VALIDATION 17 DYNAMICS OF WATER, CARBON AND NITROGEN IN AN AGRICULTURAL USED CHERNOZEM SOIL IN CENTRAL GERMANY 18 THE LYSIMETER STATION AT BERLIN-DAHLEM