Modeling Soil Organic Carbon Changes under Alternative Climatic Scenarios and Soil Properties Using DNDC Model at a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Environment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Description of Study Site
2.2. Treatments
2.3. Description of DNDC Model
2.4. Required Data for DNDC Model Initialization
2.4.1. Climate and Soil Data
2.4.2. Farming Management Practices Data
2.4.3. DNDC Model Verification at the Study Site
2.5. Baseline and Alternative Scenarios
2.6. Sensitivity INDEX
3. Results
3.1. SOC Changes under Alternative Soil Properties
3.2. SOC Changes under Alternative Climatic Factors
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Scenario | Conditions or Variations |
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Baseline | Climate: 2008–2016, daily T and P data with mean annual temperature 23 °C and precipitation 450 mm Clay content: 0.50%, SOC 1.2%, pH 7.6, Crop: winter wheat-legumes, Crop residue: 30% Tillage: No-tillage system |
Change in temperature | Decrease and increase by 2 °C and 4 °C |
Change in precipitation | Decrease and increase by 10% and 20% |
Change in Clay content% | 0.19, 0.34, 0.40, 0.63 |
Change in initial SOC content (kg C kg−1) | 0.005, 0.02, 0.03 |
Change in Soil pH | 5.3, 6.5, 8.9, 9.6 |
Parameter | Baseline | Range Tested | Sensitivity Index (SI) of SOC Stocks |
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Annual temperature (°C) | 23 | Decrease by 2 °C and 4 °C and increase by 2 °C and 4 °C | −0.2 |
Total annual precipitation (mm) | 450 | Decrease by 10% and 20% and increase by 10% and 20% | 0.04 |
Clay content% | 50.5% | 0.19, 0.34, 0.4, 0.63 | 0.03 |
Initial SOC content (kg C kg −1) | 0.01 | 0.005, 0.02, 0.03 | −0.03 |
Soil pH | 7.6 | 5.3, 6.5, 8.9, 9.6 | 0.003 |
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Lembaid, I.; Moussadek, R.; Mrabet, R.; Bouhaouss, A. Modeling Soil Organic Carbon Changes under Alternative Climatic Scenarios and Soil Properties Using DNDC Model at a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Environment. Climate 2022, 10, 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10020023
Lembaid I, Moussadek R, Mrabet R, Bouhaouss A. Modeling Soil Organic Carbon Changes under Alternative Climatic Scenarios and Soil Properties Using DNDC Model at a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Environment. Climate. 2022; 10(2):23. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10020023
Chicago/Turabian StyleLembaid, Ibtissame, Rachid Moussadek, Rachid Mrabet, and Ahmed Bouhaouss. 2022. "Modeling Soil Organic Carbon Changes under Alternative Climatic Scenarios and Soil Properties Using DNDC Model at a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Environment" Climate 10, no. 2: 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10020023