ANIMO
Animo is a detailed process-oriented simulation model for evaluation of nitrate leaching to groundwater, N- and P-loads on surface waters and greenhouse gas emission.
The model is primarily used for the ex-ante evaluation of fertilisation policy and legislation at regional and national scale. Animo aims to quantify the leaching of nutrients and the emission of greenhouse gasses as a function of fertilisation level, soil and water management and land use and for a wide range of soil types and different hydrological conditions. The model comprises descriptions of the carbon, the nitrogen and the phosphorus cycle in both the unsaturated and the saturated part of the soil.
STONE comprises of a national scale soil and land use schematisation, results of a hydrological model and simulation modules for simulation of nitrogen deposition, for simulation of crop uptake and for simulation of fertiliser and manure distribution and for the simulation of nutrient dynamics in soils (Animo).
NL-Cat comprises of a set of models and scripts for the simulation of water flow and nutrient transport and transformations in both the soil and the surface waters at the catchment scale, in which the Animo model addresses the nutrient dynamics in the soil.
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Organisation(s) involved in the development of the model
The ANIMO model was originally developed in 1985 by the Institute for Land and Water management Research. The first version of the model was operational in 1985 and ever since its development has continued until the present version. Version 4.0 of the model ANIMO is integrated into the model instrument STONE (Samen Te Ontwikkelen Nutriënten Emissiemodel). STONE is a tool for analyzing the impacts of fertilization scenarios on nutrient leaching to groundwater and surface water systems on the Dutch national scale.
The maintenance of the model and the software implementation is financed in the framework of the STONE development (BO-05). For questions about the process formulations, the reader is referred to Mr. P. Groenendijk. For inquiries about new features as transport in cracking clay soils and macroporous peat soils and the emission of green house gasses, one should contact Rob Hendriks.
Information on the programme code or availability of the ANIMO model is obtainable via Leo Renaud.
Development Group
Address:
Wageningen Environmental Research
Sustainable soil management
P.O. Box 47; NL 6700 AA Wageningen