Modelling soil carbon development in Swedish coniferous forest soils-An uncertainty analysis of parameters and model estimates using the GLUE method

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3020-3032

  Ortiz, Carina ^a   Karltun, Erik ^a   Stendahl, Johan ^a   Gärdenäs, Annemieke I ^a   Ågren, Göran I ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

GLUE; Kyoto; Limits of acceptability; Monte Carlo; Norway spruce; Q model; Scots pine; Soil carbon; Swedish Forest Soil Inventory; Uncertainties; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOILS; KYOTO; LIMITS OF ACCEPTABILITY; MONTE CARLO; NORWAY SPRUCE; Q-MODEL; SCOTS PINE; SOIL CARBON; UNCERTAINTIES; UNFCCC;

CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GLUES; GLUING; LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOILS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST SOIL; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBON; DATA PROCESSING; EMISSION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; GLUE; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SIMULATION; SOIL; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 80051947904     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.05.034     Document Type: Article

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