Global sensitivity analysis of yield output from the water productivity model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 323-332

  Vanuytrecht, Eline ^a   Raes, Dirk ^a   Willems, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AquaCrop model; EFAST; Global sensitivity analysis; Model simplification; Morris; Priority parameters

Indexed keywords

EFAST; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MODEL SIMPLIFICATION; MORRIS; PRIORITY PARAMETERS;

CALIBRATION; CROPS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GUIDELINE; MAIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIORITIZATION; RICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER STRESS; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84887825880     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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