Theodorus :
 
The DSSAT crop models, including CROPGRO report yield on a dryweight basis.
You need indeed adjust the simulated yields to account for the 13% moisture
levels of your harvest yields.
 
Regards,
 
Gerrit
 
 
At 11:20 AM 9/23/97 -0600, Theodoros Mavromatis wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am working as a postdoc at NCAR and I am studying the impacts of
>climate change on agriculture at SE USA. For the time being I am working
>on the validation of CROPGRO (from DSSAT)for soybean. Could anyone out
>there inform me about the differences that previous crops (corn, fallow,
>sorghum, potato, fallow, cotton) make for my simulations. Also, my
>harvest yields are reported at 13% moisture level. Is this the normal
>level or should I adjust the yields estimated with the crop model.
>
>Any ideas on my requests would be really appreciated.
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>Theodoros
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