Full Changelog: v4.8.2.0...v4.8.5.0

Release notes

v4.8.5.0, 2024-12-01 (previous release v4.8.2.0, 2023-08-03)

New Tools
- XB2 - Replacement for XBuild for creating crop management files; developed in Java
- TSE - Time Series Estimator - Tool for estimating cultivar coefficients using time series observations

New Crop models
- Lentil - CROPGRO
- Bahia - PRFRM
- Bambara groundnut - CROPGRO
- Amaranth - CROPGRO

New Functionality

• FileA routine to read dates with 4-digit year.
• Output for estimated net CO2 to GHG.OUT file.
• Estimated net CO2 emissions output in summary.OUT.
• Added economic yield output in the Overview.OUT and Summary.OUT files.
• Multiple harvests are now output in MgmtEvent.OUT file.
• The Perennial Forage Model cannow be used for crop rotations.
• Update for Bahia grass using the PRFRM Model as the default crop module.
• New daily soil output SoilWater.OUT file for LL, DUL, SAT, and BD for all soil layers.

Plant model revisions

• SAMUCA
  • Protections for division by zero.
• CERES-Wheat
  • Improved output format.
• WHAPS
  • Updated read ecotype parameters format.
  • Fixed divisions by zero caused by cultivar calibration.
• CROPSIM
  • Fixed divisions by zero caused by cultivar calibration.
• CROPGRO-Cotton
  • Added lint yield.
• CROPGRO-Strawberry
  • Improved FreshWt.OUT outputs.

Miscellaneous

• Update Taro and CERES-Wheat cultivar file variable descriptions.
• New README.md for dssat-csm-os developers.
• Updated soil NO3 and NH4 variables in DATA.CDE.
• General spelling improvements in *.CUL files.
• Added ASCE ET parameters to species files.
• Updated GHG starting condition for methane production.
• Updated Soil properties error checking for DUL, SAT, LL, SRGF and SSKS.
• Added MAXIMA, MINIMA and trait (P/G/N) for ecotype coefficients for CROPGRO crops.
• Added protection for SOILDYN Soil Organic Matter changes in DUL.
• CMake option to allow dynamic link.
• Include Gencalc rules and Gencalc About in the Data\Default directory
• Updated verbose output mode for SoilTemp.OUT.
• Added protections for Weather variables when NaN found in *.WTH file.
• Updated encoding issues of *.CDE files.
• Corrected spelling of Tannier to Tanier

Experimental Data

• Change the default soil evaporation method to Ritchie for most crops
• Added new example data files for climate change applications using data from Turkiye based on Gurkan et al. (2021): https://doi:10.1017/S0021859621000101
• Added a new experimental data file for soybean from Brazil provided by Moura da Silva et al. (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109075