Assessment of soil organic carbon in semi-arid Sudan using GIS and the CENTURY model

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 633-651

  Ardö, Jonas ^a   Olsson, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; CENTURY; GIS; Modelling; Semi arid; SOC; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GIS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 0037701666     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2002.1105     Document Type: Article

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