Nutrient Balance

Nutrient balance output can be printed at basin, LSU, HRU, and HRU-lte level by entering "y" in the basin_nb, lsunit_nb, hru_nb, and hru-lte_nb lines in print.prt, respectively. Nutrient balance output can be printed at daily, monthly, yearly, and average annual time steps. The names of the nutrient balance output files are as follows:

  • basin_nb_day.txt

  • basin_nb_mon.txt

  • basin_nb_yr.txt

  • basin_nb_aa.txt

  • lsunit_nb_day.txt

  • lsunit_nb_mon.txt

  • lsunit_nb_yr.txt

  • lsunit_nb_aa.txt

  • hru_nb_day.txt

  • hru_nb_mon.txt

  • hru_nb_yr.txt

  • hru_nb_aa.txt

Field

Description

Unit

jday

Julian day

n/a

mon

Month

n/a

day

Day of the month

n/a

yr

Year

n/a

unit

ID of the object

n/a

gis_id

Object ID in GIS

n/a

name

Name of the object or SWAT+ setup (basin outputs)

n/a

grzn

Total nitrogen added to soil from grazing

kg/ha

grzp

Total phosphorus added to soil from grazing

kg/ha

lab_min_p

Phosphorus moving from the labile mineral pool to the active mineral pool

kg/ha

act_sta_p

Phosphorus moving from the active mineral pool to the stable mineral pool

kg/ha

fertn

Total nitrogen applied to soil through fertilization

kg/ha

fertp

Total phosphorus applied to soil through fertilization

kg/ha

fixn

Nitrogen added to plant biomass via fixation

kg/ha

denit

Nitrogen lost from nitrate pool by denitrification

kg/ha

act_nit_n

Nitrogen moving from active organic pool to nitrate pool

kg/ha

act_sta_n

Nitrogen moving from active organic pool to stable pool

kg/ha

org_lab_p

Phosphorus moving from the organic pool to labile pool

kg/ha

rsd_nitorg_n

Nitrogen moving from the fresh organic pool (residue) to the nitrate (80%) and active organic (20%) pools

kg/ha

rsd_laborg_p

Phosphorus moving from the fresh organic pool (residue) to the labile (80%) and organic (20%) pools

kg/ha

no3atmo

Nitrate added to the soil from atmospheric deposition

kg/ha

nh4atmo

Ammonia added to the soil from atmospheric deposition

kg/ha

nuptake

Plant nitrogen uptake

kg/ha

puptake

Plant phosphorus uptake

kg/ha

gwtrann

Nitrate added to the soil from the aquifer (gwflow module)

kg/ha

gwtranp

Phosphorus added to the soil from the aquifer (gwflow module)

kg/ha

Last updated

#1315: katie.mendoza's Oct 3 ET chapter

Change request updated