Mobile pool

When a plant that goes into dormancy is loosing leaves (i.e. litter fall), carbon is retained in a mobile pool that represents an internal storage, C_Mobile. At leafing this carbon is used for developing new leaves. The amount of carbon that is allocated to this pool from the C_Leaf pool is proportional to the leaf litter fall:

                          (5.65)

where m_retain is an allocation coefficient.

At leafing (between GSI 1 and 2) the carbon in the mobile pool is allocated to the plant as an additional supply. This process goes on as long as there is carbon left in the mobile pool:

                                                                            (5.66)

where m_shoot is an allocation coefficient.