The DNDC Model

(Non-commercial academic use only)

Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire

Durham, NH 03824, USA

 

 

Welcome to DNDC!

DNDC (i.e., DeNitrification-DeComposition) is a computer simulation model of carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry in agro-ecosystems. The model can be used for predicting crop growth, soil temperature and moisture regimes, soil carbon dynamics, nitrogen leaching, and emissions of trace gases including nitrous oxide (N2O), nitric oxide (NO), dinitrogen (N2), ammonia (NH3), methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2). The DNDC model is for non-commercial purposes only. Commercial rights to the DNDC model are held by Regrow Agriculture, Inc. under a license from the University of New Hampshire. For inquires regarding commercial licensing, please contact Bill Salas at Regrow Agriculture, Inc. at bill@regrow.ag.  

This web site allows you to download a package of the latest version of DNDC and relevant models and documents. The user's guides contain detailed information to assist you to operate the models.  

Download sites:

  • The DNDC Model (a computer simulation model for predicting crop yield, soil carbon sequestration, nitrogen leaching, and trace gas emissions in agro-ecosystems with User's Guide)

  • The Forest-DNDC Model (a computer simulation model for predicting forest production, soil carbon sequestration, and trace gas emissions in upland and wetland forested ecosystems with User's Guide)

  • The Manure-DNDC Model (a computer simulation model for estimating greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions in livestock farms)

  • The US-DNDC Model (a decision support system for quantifying impacts of management alternatives on greenhouse gas emissions from agro-ecosystems in the U.S.)

  • The Elkhorn Slough-DNDC Model (a decision support system for predicting greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen loading for Elkhorn Slough in California)

  • The Old Woman Creek-DNDC Model (a decision support system for predicting greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen loading for Old Woman Creek watershed in Ohio)

  • DNDC-related papers and documents

In case if you have any questions or comments, please contact Jia.Deng@unh.edu or dengjia85@gmail.com. Thanks.