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Chandler Haukap edited this page Feb 4, 2020 · 6 revisions

Overview

STEPWAT2 models dry land steppe plant communities where water is the key factor in plant growth and mortality. The model uses SOILWAT2 to drive the water cycle. rSFSTEP2 is a wrapper for STEPWAT2 that allow production runs of multiple sites, climate scenarios, and input parameters.

If this is your first time running STEPWAT2 please check out our getting started tutorial.

If you plan on developing the code base please follow these instructions to generate API-level documentation.

Customization

STEPWAT2 is divided into different modules which interact with each other to simulate a plant community. Each module can be customized using their unique input files.

This wiki is far from complete, so stay tuned as more figures and pages are added.

Publications

Numerous publications have influenced STEPWAT2 and numerous publications reference STEPWAT2. Click here for a list of publications.