Predicting nitrous oxide emissions with a random-effects model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-18

  Philibert, Aurore ^a   Loyce, Chantal ^a   Makowski, David ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; Experimental design; Model error; Nitrogen fertilization; Nitrous oxide; Random effects model

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN OXIDES; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BAYESIAN MODEL; MODEL ERRORS; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; NITROUS OXIDE; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EMISSION INVENTORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84904743832     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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