Agrometeorology and Agricultural Modelling Tools

SOILPAR

SOILPAR 2.00 is a Win 9x/2000 program to estimate soil physical and hydrological parameters using different methods. Hydrological parameters can be estimated from a various number of commonly available soil parameters (according to the method of estimate) such as soil texture, organic carbon, soil pH, and cation exchange capacity. Different methods allow estimating hydrological parameters using either point or function pedotransfers. The characteristic matrix potential/soil water content curve can also be estimated. The programs allows converting different textural classes. A geo-referenced soil database is maintained, including soil profile information, measured and estimated data. Soil profile sites can be visualized on a ArcView/ArcInfo shape file. A backup/restore utility is implemented, and database import/export utilities allow exchanging data with other SOILPAR installations. Soil profiles can be imported/exported using CropSyst SIL format. Methods can be tested and the relevant statistic is produced. The results of the statistical analysis, as well as the couples of measured and estimated values, can be exported to a multi-sheets Excel file.

Acutis M., Donatelli M., 2001. SOILPAR2.00: software to estimate soil hydrological parameters and functions. Proc. 2nd Int. Symp. Modelling Cropping Systems, 16-18 July, Florence, Italy, 209-210. (poster)

Acutis M., Donatelli M., 2003. SOILPAR 2.00: software to estimate soil hydrological parameters and functions. Eur. J. Agron., 18, 373-377. (abstract) (paper)

Braudeau E., Donatelli M., 2001. Parameters estimation of the soil characteristic shrinkage curve. Proc. 2nd Int. Symp. Modelling Cropping Systems, 16-18 July, Florence, Italy, 53-54. (poster)

Braudeau E., Donatelli M., Acutis M., 2002. Estimating soil shrinkage curve parameters in the software SOILPAR. VII European Society for Agronomy Congress, 15-18 July, Cordoba, Spain, 249-250.

Donatelli M., Acutis M., Francaviglia R., 1997. SOILPAR, un software per la stima e la validazione dei parametri idrologici del suolo. Conv. ann. Società Italiana della Scienza del Suolo, 3-5 giugno, Roma, 2, 35-42.

Donatelli M., Acutis M., Laruccia N., 1996. Evaluation of methods to estimate soil water content at field capacity and wilting point. Proc. 4th European Society for Agronomy Congr., 7-11 July, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, 86-87. (poster)

Francaviglia R., Donatelli M., Acutis M., 1998. SOILPAR, a software to estimate and validate soil hydrologic parameters. Proc. 15th World Soil Science Congr., 20-25 August, Montpellier, France. (abstract)

Giraldo L.M., Lizcano L.J., Gijsman A.J. Adaptación del modelo DSSAT para simular la producción del Brachiaria decumbens. (available on line)