Predicting climate change effects on surface soil organic carbon of Louisiana, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6169-6192

  Zhong, Biao ^a,b   Xu, Yi Jun ^b  

^a NANJING AUDIT UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Emissions scenarios; RothC model; Soil organic carbon; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE MODELS; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE GASES; ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; ROTHAMSTED CARBON MODEL; ROTHC MODELS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; WATERSHED BOUNDARIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ORGANIC CARBON; CARBON; SOIL;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; FOREST SOIL; GIS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPLAND; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVERGREEN; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GRASSLAND; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; SOIL DEPTH; SURFACE SOIL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CARBON; EMISSION; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER SHEDS;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; LOUISIANA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL;

EID: 84921652530     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3847-x     Document Type: Article

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