The carbon budget of a winter wheat field: An eddy covariance analysis of seasonal and inter-annual variability

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 165, Issue , 2012, Pages 114-126

  Schmidt, M ^a,b   Reichenau, T G ^a   Fiener, P ^a,c   Schneider, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Institute of Bio and Geosciences   (Germany)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Crop carbon balance; Ecosystem respiration; Eddy covariance; Gross primary production; Net ecosystem exchange; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROMETEOROLOGY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARABLE LAND; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGET; CROP ROTATION; DATA SET; EDDY COVARIANCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND SURFACE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOWING; SUGAR BEET; TIME SERIES; WHEAT;

GERMANY;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84864750440     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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