Estimating soil carbon levels using an Ensemble Kalman filter

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 331-339

  Jones, J W ^a,c   Graham, W D ^a   Wallach, D ^b   Bostick, W M ^a   Koo, J ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Soil carbon; Stochastic model; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; KALMAN FILTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

CARBON STORAGE SINKS; MEAN SQUARE ERRORS;

AGRICULTURE;

ESTIMATION METHOD; KALMAN FILTER; METHODOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 2342612902     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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