Heat-unit-based phenological development model

crop development driven by accumulated thermal time

deterministic model, dimensional model, discrete-time model, dynamic model, mathematical model, nonlinear model

Description

This model simulates crop physiological development as a function of accumulated daily heat units. Development progresses from planting to physiological maturity based on temperatures exceeding a crop-specific base temperature. The accumulated heat units are normalized to a heat unit index that ranges from zero at planting to one at maturity. This index controls the timing of key developmental processes such as leaf area expansion, biomass partitioning, and harvest readiness. The approach provides a generic yet crop-specific representation of phenology using thermal time.

Contained entities

heat unit accumulation equation	$H U_{K} = \frac{T_{m x, K} + T_{m n, K}}{2} - T_{b, j}$
	$T_{m x}$ represents maximum temperature
	$T_{m n}$ represents minimum temperature
	$T_{b}$ represents crop-specific base temperature
	$H U$ represents heat units

heat unit index equation	$H U I_{i} = \frac{\sum_{K = 1}^{i} H U_{K}}{P H U_{j}}$
	$H U$ represents heat units
	$P H U$ represents potential heat units
	$H U I$ represents heat unit index

Computational tasks

computation of crop phenological development stage

References

The EPIC Crop Growth Model	(invention)

Further links

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crop phenological development	modelled by
harvest index development model	contains
leaf area index model	contains
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root biomass partitioning model	contains
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