The challenge of modelling nitrogen management at the field scale: Simulation and sensitivity analysis of N2O fluxes across nine experimental sites using DailyDayCent

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Fitton, N ^a   Datta, A ^a,f   Hastings, A ^a   Kuhnert, M ^a   Topp, C F E ^b   Cloy, J M ^b   Rees, R M ^b   Cardenas, L M ^c   Williams, J R ^d   Smith, K ^d   Chadwick, D ^e   Smith, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

DailyDayCent; MonteCarlo simulations; nitrous oxide emissions; sensitivity and uncertainty analysis; UK croplands and grasslands

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; DAILYDAYCENT; DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY; NITROGEN MANAGEMENT; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; SENSITIVITY AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; UK CROPLANDS AND GRASSLANDS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FIELDWORK; GRASSLAND; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84928944174     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/9/095003     Document Type: Article

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