Parameterizing soil and weather inputs for crop simulation models using the VEMAP database

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 111-118

  Wu, Wei ^a,b   Chen, Ji long ^a   Liu, Hong bin ^a   Garcia y Garcia, Axel ^b   Hoogenboom, Gerrit ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop simulation model; Resource management; Scale; Spatial database

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DATABASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PARAMETERIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SOIL PROFILE; SOYBEAN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 70349962900     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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