Inverse estimation of parameters in a nitrogen model using field data

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 533-542

  Schmied, Barbara ^a   Abbaspour, Karim ^a   Schulin, Rainer ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CROPS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BAYESIAN DISTRIBUTION; MACROPORE FLOW;

SOIL TESTING;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0034163928     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2000.642533x     Document Type: Article

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