EPIC modeling of soil organic carbon sequestration in croplands of Iowa

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1345-1353

  Causarano, Hector J ^a   Doraiswamy, Paul C ^a   McCarty, Gregory W ^a   Hatfield, Jerry L ^b   Milak, Sushil ^a   Stern, Alan J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHELATION; SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC); SOIL ORGANIC CARBON SEQUESTRATION;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACCURACY; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORN; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROPLAND; HARVEST; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEATHER;

CALIBRATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; IOWA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 47249156098     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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