Analysis and classification of data sets for calibration and validation of agro-ecosystem models

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 402-417

  Kersebaum, K C ^a   Boote, K J ^b   Jorgenson, J S ^c   Nendel, C ^a   Bindi, M ^d   Fruhauf C ^e   Gaiser, T ^f   Hoogenboom, G ^g   Kollas, C ^a   Olesen, J E ^h   Rotter R P ⁱ   Ruget, F ^j   Thorburn, P J ^k   Trnka, M ^l   Wegehenkel, M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j UAPV   (France)

^k CSIRO   (Australia)

^l MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

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Author keywords

Crop modelling; Data quality; Data requirement; Field experiments; Minimum data; Software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CROPS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BACKGROUND INFORMATION; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CLASSIFICATION OF DATA; DATA QUALITY; DATA REQUIREMENTS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; MINIMUM DATA;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 84930811117     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: 18736726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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