Parameterizing spatial crop models with inverse modeling: Sources of error and unexpected results

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1547-1561

  Ferreyra, Rafael Andrés ^a   Jones, James W ^b   Graham, Wendy D ^b  

^a Ag Connections Inc   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop model; CROPGRO; Inverse modeling; Precision agriculture; Spatial variability; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CROP MODEL; INVERSE MODELING; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WATER BALANCE;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; CROP; ERROR ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PARAMETERIZATION; SAMPLING BIAS; SIMULATION; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WEATHER;

AGRICULTURE; FARM CROPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33845659498     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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