ThetaUpperRange

Water content interval in the soil moisture response function for microbial activity, mineralisation-immobilisation, nitrification and denitrification.

Default

Unit

Symbol

Equation

Function

8

vol %

 pθUpp

(5.86)

Common Soil Moisture Response Function

The response decreases from optimum at the beginning of the interval to saturation activity at saturation. Normal range 1-10.