Evaluating four nitrous oxide emission algorithms in response to N rate on an irrigated corn field

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-70

  Fang, Q X ^a   Ma, L ^b   Halvorson, A D ^b   Malone, R W ^c   Ahuja, L R ^b   Del Grosso, S J ^b   Hatfield, J L ^c  

^a QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Daycent; FASSET; Greenhouse gas emission; NOE; RZWQM; WNMM

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER QUALITY;

DAYCENT; FASSET; NOE; RZWQM; WNMM;

ALGORITHMS;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALGORITHM; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MAIZE; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PORE SPACE; SOIL WATER;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84937030089     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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