Modelling uncertainty for nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions based on a Swedish field experiment with organic crop rotation

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 167-183

  Nylinder, Josefine ^a   Stenberg, Maria ^b,c   Jansson, Per Erik ^d   Klemedtsson, Åsa Kasimir ^a   Weslien, Per ^a   Klemedtsson, Leif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Rural Economy and Agricultural Society of Skaraborg   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Calibration; CoupModel; N budget; N2 fixation; Soil; Uncertainty estimations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CALIBRATION; CROP ROTATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC FARMING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79954632041     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.02.027     Document Type: Article

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