Global simulation of bioenergy crop productivity: Analytical framework and case study for switchgrass

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-25

  Kang, Shujiang ^a   Nair, Sujithkumar Surendran ^a   Kline, Keith L ^a,b   Nichols, Jeffrey A ^b   Wang, Dali ^a   Post, Wilfred M ^a   Brandt, Craig C ^b   Wullschleger, Stan D ^a   Singh, Nagendra ^b   Wei, Yaxing ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass; EPIC; Model; Soil organic carbon; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDSTOCKS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MODELS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRO-ECOSYSTEM MODELING; CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EPIC; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC); MODEL CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

CROPS;

AGAVE; MISCANTHUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84889648635     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12047     Document Type: Article

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