Versatile Soil Moisture Budget

The Versatile Soil Moisture Budget (VSMB) is a soil water budget model that is continuous and deterministic in nature and was developed by AAFC. It is based on the premise that the water available for plant growth is gained by precipitation or irrigation, and lost through evapotranspiration and runoff as well as lateral and deep drainage. The daily net loss or gain is added or subtracted from the water already present in the rooting zone. Water is withdrawn simultaneously, but at different rates, from different soil depths, depending on the potential evapotranspiration, the stage of crop development, the water release characteristics of each soil layer and the available water.

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Title (French)	Modèle adaptatif du bilan hydrique des sols
Update Frequency	as_needed
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Sensitivity Level	unrestricted
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Contact Person	{"en": "Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch,agri-geomatics-agrog@agr.gc.ca", "fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada; Direction générale de la science et de la technologie,agri-geomatics-agrog@agr.gc.ca"}
Contact Email	agri-geomatics-agrog@agr.gc.ca
Data Dictionary	EPSG:3857,http://www.epsg.org/,8.3.4
Open Canada Date Published	2017-05-05 00:00:00
Open Canada Date Modified
Open Canada Subject	["nature_and_environment", "science_and_technology"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"en": ["Soil Moisture", "Crops", "Agriculture", "Farmlands", "Precipitation", "Temperature"], "fr": ["humidité du sol", "Cultures", "Agriculture", "Terre agricole", "Précipitation", "Température"]}
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