Calculates radiation interception of two crops planted in strips, possibly with space between the strips.
See (1) for calculation details.
(1) Gou, F.; van Ittersum, M. K; Simon, E.; Leffelaar, P. A.; van der Putten, P.E.L.; Zhang, L. ; van der Werf,W. 2017 Intercropping wheat and maize increases total radiation interception and wheat RUE but lowers maize RUE. European Journal of Agronomy, 125-139.
Content Type | Name | Description | Data Type | Unit | Min Value | Max Value | Default Value |
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constant | cSpace1 | space between plant 1 and plant 2 | DOUBLE | m | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
constant | cSpace2 | space between plant 2 and plant 1 | DOUBLE | m | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
constant | cWidth1 | Width of strip of plant 1 | DOUBLE | m | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
constant | cWidth2 | Width of strip of plant 2 | DOUBLE | m | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
constant | ck1 | Light extinction coefficient of plant 1 | DOUBLE | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
constant | ck2 | Light extinction coefficient of plant 2 | DOUBLE | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
input | iDoHarvest1 | True on day when plant 1 is harvested | BOOLEAN | - | - | false | |
input | iDoHarvest2 | True on day when plant 2 is harvested | BOOLEAN | - | - | false | |
input | iDoSow1 | True on day when plant 1 is sown | BOOLEAN | - | - | false | |
input | iDoSow2 | True on day when plant 2 is sown | BOOLEAN | - | - | false | |
input | iHeight1 | Height of plant 1 | DOUBLE | m | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
input | iHeight2 | Height of plant 2 | DOUBLE | m | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
input | iLAI1 | Leaf area index of plant 1 | DOUBLE | m2/m2 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
input | iLAI2 | Leaf area index of plant 2 | DOUBLE | m2/m2 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
input | iRadiation | Radiation to be intercepted by both plants | DOUBLE | J/(m2 d) | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
out | InterceptionFraction1 | Radiation interception factor of plant 1 | DOUBLE | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
out | InterceptionFraction2 | Radiation interception factor of plant 2 | DOUBLE | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
out | Radiation1 | Radiation to be intercepted by plant 1 | DOUBLE | J/(m2 d) | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
out | Radiation2 | Radiation to be intercepted by plant 2 | DOUBLE | J/(m2 d) | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
out | WithCrop1 | True while plant 1 is present | BOOLEAN | - | - | false | |
out | WithCrop2 | True while plant 2 is present | BOOLEAN | - | - | false |