Modelling SoilMAT-ters

Alison Brand; Jo U Smith

Abstract

The Soil Management Assessment Tool (SoilMAT) is being developed as part of the soils work in the Scottish Government’s Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS) 2016-21 programme.
SoilMAT is a simple summary process-based model, which has been initially being developed in MS Excel. The model has modules to predict soil texture, carbon storage and water supply; to describe the impact of changes in temperature and rainfall on crop production; and to determine fertiliser use, nutrient limitation, nitrate leaching and greenhouse gas emissions in Scottish soils. Inputs to the model include location, soil type and characteristics, land use, rainfall and air temperature, “Land Capability for Agriculture Assessment” class, crop type, typical cereal yield, and fertiliser type and use.
The summary model will be packaged using R and/or Python and made available via Scotland’s soils website (SEWeb platform) in the near future. It is expected that it will be of use to policy makers and planners amongst others.
The aim of this presentation is to introduce the tool.

Original language	English
Pages	EGU2018-12925
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	20th European Geosciences General Assembly 2018 - Vienna International Conference Centre, Vienna, Austria Duration: 8 Apr 2018 → 13 Apr 2018 https://egu2018.eu/home.html

Conference

Conference	20th European Geosciences General Assembly 2018
Abbreviated title	EGU2018
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	8/04/18 → 13/04/18
Internet address	https://egu2018.eu/home.html

Keywords

soil
modelling
process model
RESAS

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20th European Geosciences General Assembly 2018
Alison Margaret Brand (Participant)
8 Apr 2018 → 13 Apr 2018
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