Development, testing and implementation of a generic pasture growth model (CLASS PGM)

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2167-2173

  Vaze, J ^a   Johnston, W H ^a   Teng, J ^a   Tuteja, N K ^a   Johnson, I ^b   Beale, G T H ^a  

^a DIPNR   (Australia)

^b IMJ Consultants Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

CLASS; Grazing; Herbage mass; Photosynthesis; U3M 1D

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; CARBON ASSIMILATION; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; CATCHMENT SCALE; CLASS; CLASS MODELS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES; CROP GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVAPORATIVE DEMANDS; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GROWTH COMPONENTS; GROWTH MODELS; HERBAGE MASS; HYDRUS-2D; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; MOISTURE MOVEMENT; MULTIPLE SPECIES; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICALLY BASED; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; RICHARDS' EQUATION; SECOND LEVEL; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL WATER; THEORETICAL BASIS; TISSUE GROWTH; USER FRIENDLY; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCE COMPONENTS; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; UNSATURATED MOISTURES;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TISSUE; WATER RESOURCES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; DECISION MAKING;

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