pesticide.pes

The pesticide database summarizes parameters used by the model to simulate the fate and transport of different types of pesticides.

Field	Description	Type	Unit	Default	Range
name	Name of the pesticide record	string	n/a	n/a	n/a
soil_ads	Soil adsorption coefficient normalized for soil organic carbon content	real	(mg/kg)/(mg/L)	0.0	1.0-999999999.0
frac_wash	Fraction of pesticide on foliage that is washed off by rainfall event	real	fraction	0.0	0.0-1.0
hl_foliage	Half-life of the pesticide on the foliage	real	days	0.0	0.0-10000.0
hl_soil	Half-life of the pesticide in the soil	real	days	0.0	0.0-100000.0
solub	Solubility of the pesticide in water	real	mg/L (ppm)	0.0
aq_reac	Aquatic pesticide reaction coefficient	real	1/day	0.0
aq_volat	Aquatic volatilization coefficient	real	m/day	0.0
mol_wt	Molecular weight to calculate mixing velocity	real	g/mol	0.0
aq_resus	Aquatic resuspension velocity for pesticide sorbed to sediment	real	m/day	0.0
aq_settle	Aquatic settling velocity for pesticide sorbed to sediment	real	m/day	0.0
ben_act_dep	Depth of the active benthic layer	real	m/day	0.0
ben_bury	Burial velocity in the benthic sediment	real	m/day	0.0
ben_reac	Reaction coefficient in the benthic sediment	real	1/day	0.0