This dataset contains interpolated and aggregated soil climate data of the region North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). The is provided for grids 1, 10, 25, 50 100 km resolutions. These represent spatial aggregations approximately 1 resolution 300 m raster. purpose this use as input crop models. It thus key relevant variables running Additionally, specifically designed to analyze effects scale in m...

An object-oriented design (OOD) approach is used to describe watershed scale hydrologic processes. Individual objects (or processes) at multiple levels are described using the ‘inheritance’ concept, while the interactions of objects (or processes) are described using the ‘aggregation’ concept. This design methodology is applied to create the new watershed based hydrological model OBJTOP (OBJect...

Soil organic matter (SOM) is known to play vital roles in the maintenance and improvement of many soil properties and processes. These roles, which largely influence soil functions, are a pool of specific contributions of different components of SOM. The soil functions, in turn, normally define the level of soil degradation, viewed as quantifiable temporal changes in a soil that impairs its qua...

Soil aggregation was studied in a 21-year experiment conducted on an Anthrosol. The soil management regimes consisted of cropland abandonment, bare fallow without vegetation and cropping system. The cropping system was combined with the following nutrient management treatments: control (CONTROL, no nutrient input); nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK); straw plus NPK (SNPK); and manure (M) ...