Comment:

To compare Yasso15 estimates of litter decomposition to measurements in litterbag experiments, the user interface allows the user to choose a negative leaching parameter that corresponds to the mesh size of the litterbags (see Table 3 for specific parameter values corresponding to litterbag mesh sizes). Yasso15 is a global model, i.e. the model applies one parameter set to estimate soil carbon stock and changes in the stock. The Yasso15 model accounts the differences in the decomposition rate resulting from different mesh size in the litterbag experiments with leaching correction term. (See Variable Values comment)