Quality assurance of weather data for agricultural system model input: A case study using the Walnut Creek watershed in central Iowa

Methods of Introducing System Models into Agricultural Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 283-295

  Malone, R W ^a   Meek, D W ^a   Ma, L ^a   Jaynes, D B ^a   Nolan, B T ^b   Karlen, D L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural system model input; Central Iowa; Humidity; Rainfall; Solar radiation; Walnut creek watershed; Weather data quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102472215     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/advagricsystmodel2.c10     Document Type: Chapter

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