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SUMMARY:Modelling the coupling between biogeochemical and physical process
 es in terrestrial ecosystems
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Per-Erik Jansson\, Royal Institute of Technology\, Dpt L
 and & Water Resources Eng.\, Sweden\nProcess oriented models with descript
 ions of biogeochemical processes in terrestrial ecosystem have normally a 
 focus on some components and on some time scale related to the use of the 
 model.  The CoupModel will have an emphasize on the interaction between th
 e soil physical climate and the soil biology and the corresponding above g
 round dynamics of plants. In connection to this the role of water for the 
 dynamics of ecosystem is illustrated.  Typical time scale for the studies 
 have been shifting from minutes to around 100 years and the normal vertica
 l scale is some cm of soil layer thickness.  The spatial scale have been f
 rom regional scales\, represented by typical ecosystems extended to 1000 k
 m2 to small scales of some few m2. The role of the interaction and the nee
 d for considering also more components of an ecosystems are common when th
 e time scales are extended from part of year to some decades. The strong c
 ontrol of winter conditions on turnover of forest growth is and the nitrog
 en and carbon dynamics is demonstrated by the carbon dynamics  of forest e
 cosystems. Recent examples shows the potential with using uncertainty meth
 ods when illustrating also connection between models and data. 
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