Modelling Miscanthus yields with low resolution input data

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3849-3853

  Pogson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop growth model; Input resolution; Meta model; Miscanthus; Spatial model; Time step

Indexed keywords

CROP GROWTH MODEL; META MODEL; MISCANTHUS; SPATIAL MODELS; TIME STEP;

BIOFUELS; CROPS; METEOROLOGY;

INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS;

BIOENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GRASS; GROWTH MODELING; INSOLATION; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION;

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 80755159412     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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