This is an overview of the Cupid Model. Cupid is a comprehensive soil-plant-atmosphere model that uses inputs of leaf physiological characteristics (photosynthesis, stomatal conductance and respiration), canopy architecture, soil characteristics (heat and water properties) with boundary conditions at the bottom of the root zone and above the canopy to predict predict plant-environment interactions of many kinds. Examples include water budgets of irrigated crops, plant- pest-microenvironment interactions, canopy light-use efficiency, water- use efficiency, canopy energy budgets, leaf wetness duration and remote sensing applications.
The following documentation on Cupid is available:
Summary of the layer structure in Cupid Summary of the time structure in Cupid Input and output coding Setting up an input file Cupid radiation calculations Summary of common blocks Relevant references
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An outline of the Cupid code A list of Cupid subroutines
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Related topics with further discussion:
Turbulent exchange
Sensible heat flux estimates
The energy balance equation