Multi-model simulation of soil temperature, soil water content and biomass in Euro-Mediterranean grasslands: Uncertainties and ensemble performance

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 88, Issue , 2017, Pages 22-40

  Sandor R ^a,b   Barcza, Z ^c   Acutis, M ^d   Doro, L ^e   Hidy, D ^f   Kochy M ^g   Minet, J ^h   Lellei Kovacs E ⁱ   Ma, S ^a   Perego, A ^d   Rolinski, S ^j   Ruget, F ^k   Sanna, M ^d   Seddaiu, G ^e   Wu, L ^l   Bellocchi, G ^a  

^a French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

^b Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^f SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^g THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

^j POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^k UAPV   (France)

^l ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Biomass; Grasslands; Modelling; Multi model ensemble; Soil processes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GRASSLAND; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; TOPSOIL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; YIELD RESPONSE;

AUVERGNE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GRILLENBURG; ISRAEL; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OENSINGEN; PUY DE DOME [AUVERGNE]; SAXONY; SOLOTHURN [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

EID: 84979596876     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2016.06.006     Document Type: Article

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