How did you initialize your model, e.g. using individual tree dbh and height or stand basal area? how do you initialize soil conditions?: Tree number and total tree biomass per stand derived from average DBH
Which data from profound db did you use for initialisation (name of variable, which year)? from stand data or from individual tree data?: Stand data: average DBH, stem number, soil characteristics
How is management implemented? e.g. do you harvest biomass/basal area proportions or by tree numbers or dimensions (target dbh)?: By number of trees removde and thinning regime: from below, middle, above. Depending on the selection lower or higher amount of biomass is extracted.
When is harvesting simulated by your model (start/middle/end of the year, i.e., before or after the growing season)?: Start of the year
How do you regenerate? do you plant seedlings one year after harvest or several years of gap and then plant larger saplings?: No regeneration
How are the unmanaged simulations designed? is there some kind of regrowth/regeneration or are the existing trees just growing older and older?: No regrowth or regeneration but self-thinning mortality is included reducing the stem number.
Does your model consider leap-years or a 365 calendar only? or any other calendar?: Leap-years
What is the soil depth you assumed for each site and how many soil layers (including their depths) do you assume in each site? please upload a list of the soil depth and soil layers your model assumes for each site as an attachment (section 7).: 2 layers for each site. Upper layer (0.5 - 1m), lower layer (3m).
Is there any stochastic element in your model (e.g. in the management or mortality submodel) that will lead to slightly different results if the model is re-run, even though all drivers etc. remain the same?: No
What is the minimum diameter at which a „tree is considered a tree“? and is there a similar threshold for the minimum harvestable diameter?: 1 cm
Has your model been "historically calibrated" to any of the sites you simulated? e.g. has the site been used for model testing during model development?: No
