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Generally investigations
on the macro- and microclimatological conditions of the plants environment
and the their interactions in the soil-plant-atmosphere system are covered
by Agrometeorological research.
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Example
simulation models
The application, adaptation
and validation of agroecological models (e.g. dynamic soil-crop-weather models)
is a vital topic at the present. This requires an accurate data base on model
input parameters such as weather data, soil properties and the plant response
parameters to the environmental conditions. Data for model validation have
to be gathered from exact field experiments. Adapted and validated models
are a helpful working tool for a number of applications. There can be simulated
specified scenarios which could not be carried out by field experiments.
An example is the simulation of a number of physical, biological or physiological
processes for different scales in time and space (e.g. evapotranspiration,
water use of plants, stress factors, energy-, heat- and water budgets). This
makes it possible, for example, to assess the impact of climate change or
a change of other environmental conditions on agroecosystems. In general
agroecological models are used in practice and research for prognosis of
crop growth and yield, for irrigation scheduling, scheduling of sustainable
use of water resources in agriculture, for agrotechnological adaptions, agroecological
zonation of large areas and so on.
