====== [SOILDATA] Section ======

===== Purpose =====
This sections sets the initial temperature and humidity profile for the soil and the surfaces in the model.\\
The temperature and the humidity settings are divided into 3 layers.

<file>
00: [SOILDATA] _______________________Settings for Soil
01: Initial Temperature Upper Layer (0-20 cm)   [K]=293
02: Initial Temperature Middle Layer (20-50 cm) [K]=293
03: Initial Temperature Deep Layer (below 50 cm)[K]=293
04: Relative Humidity Upper Layer (0-20 cm)        =50
05: Relative Humidity Middle Layer (20-50 cm)      =60
06: Relative Humidity Deep Layer (below 50 cm)     =60
</file>

===== What do the lines mean? =====

=== 01,02,03: Initial Temperature Surface/ Soil (Default: 293K all)===
Start temperature for the soil and the surface for the 3 soil layers.\\
The deep soil temperature (-2.00 m) is kept constant during simulation.

=== 04,05,06: Relative Soil Humidity (Default 50,60,60%) ===
The humidity value is calculated using the water content at **field capacity** value to get the start water content.\\
The value should not be lower than 10%, otherwise the possibility of numerical problems rise.\\
For sealed material, the soil humidity is automatically set to zero.
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**Compatibility remark - important**\\

V4.0 and higher now relates the relative humidity to the __field capacity__. Up to V3.0 it was related to the saturation value.\\
Please note, that Version 3.1 and newer do no longer support the old ''[SOIL]'' section which is obsolete since V2.5.