Equifinality and the problem of robust calibration in nitrogen budget simulations

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1934-1941

  Schulz, Karsten ^a   Beven, Keith ^a   Huwe, Bernd ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; BAYESIAN GENERALIZED LIKELIHOOD UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CALIBRATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033494215     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1999.6361934x     Document Type: Article

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