Predicting and mitigating the net greenhouse gas emissions of crop rotations in Western Europe

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1654-1671

  Lehuger, Simon ^a   Gabrielle, Benoît ^b   Laville, Patricia ^c   Lamboni, Matieyendou ^c   Loubet, Benjamin ^c   Cellier, Pierre ^c  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b UMR 1402 ECOSYS   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystem model; Bayesian calibration; CERES EGC; Greenhouse gases; Mitigation; Net greenhouse gas balance; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CALIBRATION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; NITROUS OXIDE; PREDICTION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

WESTERN EUROPE;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80054895975     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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