Assessing the effects of agricultural management on nitrous oxide emissions using flux measurements and the DNDC model

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 206, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-83

  Uzoma, Kingsley Chinyere ^a   Smith, Ward ^a   Grant, Brian ^a   Desjardins, Raymond L ^a   Gao, Xiaopeng ^b   Hanis, Krista ^b   Tenuta, Mario ^b   Goglio, Pietro ^a   Li, Changsheng ^c  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural management; DNDC; Flux measurements; Modeling; Nitrous oxide; Soil nitrogen; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AMMONIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NITROGEN;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84925397780     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.03.014     Document Type: Article

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