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Coupled Soil Carbon-Nitrogen Cycling Dynamics

  • Task ID: earth_science.2_e_soil_carbon_nitrogen_cycling
  • Domain: earth_science
  • Subdomain: biogeochemistry
  • Status: final
  • Benchmark set: seed42 (60 tasks)
  • Tags: soil_carbon, nitrogen_cycling, biogeochemistry, stiff_odes, ecosystem_modeling, CENTURY, carbon_nitrogen_coupling

Runtime and requirements

  • Estimated time: 30-60 minutes
  • Python: >=3.10
  • Packages: numpy>=1.24, scipy>=1.11, pandas>=2.0, matplotlib>=3.7
  • GPU required: no
  • Network required: no

Public input and output contract

Inputs

  • data/soil_properties.json (data): Soil physical and chemical properties: clay fraction, hydraulic parameters, Q10, initial C and N pool sizes, pool C:N ratios
  • data/climate_forcing.csv (data): Daily climate forcing over the simulation period (columns: day, temperature_C, precipitation_mm, PET_mm, soil_moisture_m3m3)
  • data/litter_input.csv (data): Daily litter C and N inputs representing crop residue and root turnover (columns: day, litter_c_gCm2day, litter_n_gNm2day)

Outputs

  • analysis.py (code): Agent's analysis and modeling code
  • results/carbon_pools.npy (data): Carbon pool trajectories, shape (n_timesteps, n_pools), units g C m⁻²
  • results/nitrogen_pools.npy (data): Nitrogen pool trajectories, shape (n_timesteps, n_pools), units g N m⁻²
  • results/fluxes.csv (data): Daily fluxes: day, soil_respiration_gC, net_n_mineralization_gN, n_immobilization_gN
  • results/carbon_balance.png (figure): Carbon pool evolution over the simulation period

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