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In order to simulate the Nmin distributions in field plot experiments, a first order kinetic model for mineralization is combined with a transport model described earlier in this journal. Comparison of simulated and experimental figures shows satisfying agreement. The main advantages of these models are: i. only few and easy to measure input data are required and ii. both model equations, for mineralization and transport of Nmin, are simple to solve rendering short computing times even using a microcomputer.
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Aqualfs and Udalfs, according to the 7th approximation
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Richter, J., Nuske, A., Boehmer, M. et al. Simulation of nitrogen mineralization and transport in loess-parabrownearthes: Plot experiments. Plant Soil 54, 329–337 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02181829
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