Computation of fixation soil nitrate factor

nitrate inhibition of nitrogen fixation

computational task, discrete-space task, nonlinear task

Description

This task computes a soil nitrate limitation factor that reduces or suppresses biological nitrogen fixation based on the amount of nitrate available in the root zone. Low nitrate availability allows full fixation, moderate nitrate levels progressively inhibit fixation, and high nitrate availability completely suppresses fixation. The formulation reflects plant regulation of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in response to readily available mineral nitrogen in the soil.

Contained entities

fixation soil nitrate equation	$F X N_{i} = {\begin{matrix} 0.0 & if & \frac{W N O 3_{i}}{R D_{i}} > 300 \frac{k g}{h a m} \\ 1.5 - 0.005 \frac{W N O 3_{i}}{R D_{i}} & if & 100 \frac{k g}{h a m} < \frac{W N O 3_{i}}{R D_{i}} \leq 300 \frac{k g}{h a m} \\ 1.0 & if & \frac{W N O 3_{i}}{R D_{i}} \leq 100 \frac{k g}{h a m} \end{matrix}$
	$F X N$ represents nitrogen fixation soil nitrate factor
	$R D$ represents rooting depth
	$W N O 3$ represents soil nitrate content in root zone
	$i$ represents day index

soil nitrate content in root zone		input
rooting depth		input
nitrogen fixation soil nitrate factor		output

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plant nitrogen fixation model	used by

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