Modification of the RothC model for simulations of soil organic C dynamics in dryland regions

Geoderma

Volumn 200-201, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-30

  Farina, Roberta ^a   Coleman, Kevin ^b   Whitmore, Andrew P ^b  

^a Centro di ricerca per lo studio delle relazioni tra pianta e suolo   (Italy)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drylands; Modelling; RothC; Soil organic C

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION RATE; DRY LAND; PEDO-TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; ROTHAMSTED CARBON MODEL; ROTHC; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARID REGIONS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; MODELS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CLIMATIC REGION; DECOMPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PREDICTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TOPSOIL;

EID: 84875517961     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

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