Improving SHAW long-term soil moisture prediction for continuous wheat rotations, Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-53

  Wang, H ^a   Flerchinger, G N ^b   Lemke, R ^a   Brandt, K ^a   Goddard, T ^c   Sprout, C ^c  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision support system for agrotechnology transfer cropping system model; Modeling; Simultaneous heat and water model; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CLAY LOAM; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LEAF AREA INDEX; PHYTOMASS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WHEAT;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77949816826     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS08084     Document Type: Article

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