The MONICA agroecosystem model
摘要
The MOdel for NItrogen and Carbon in Agroecosystems (MONICA) has been developed to simulate the interplay of biophysical processes in the soil– plant–atmosphere continuum with a focus on the interaction between soil and plant under the influence of weather and management. Emerging from HERMES, a simulation tool for advising nitrogen fertilisation in crop production, MONICA has developed into a software that offers a wide range of applications across scales, elucidating crop responses and related ecosystem services and disservices to weather, climate and a range of management strategies, including the most recent climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies in crop production. With a focus on central Europe, MONICA sees a rapidly growing user community, spanning from policymaking over environmental administration to research.