What is the difference between the aboveground and belowground slow DOM pools?
The belowground slow DOM pool consists of C from the very fast belowground DOM pool (which in turn came from a proportion of the fine root turnover), the fast belowground DOM pool (which in turn came from a proportion of the coarse root turnover), and the slow aboveground DOM pool (came from a biomixing rate). The aboveground slow DOM pool consists of C from the very fast aboveground DOM pool (which in turn came from a proportion of the fine root turnover), the fast aboveground DOM pool (which in turn came from (a) a proportion of the coarse root turnover, (b) a proportion of branch snag decay, and (c) branch snag fall down), the medium DOM pool (which in turn comes from (a) a proportion of the stem snag decay and (b) stem snag fall down), and the black C pool (which is introduced during stand initialization when the fire disturbance matrix is applied).
