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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3003-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3003-2016
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23 May 2016
Research article |  | 23 May 2016

Parametrization consequences of constraining soil organic matter models by total carbon and radiocarbon using long-term field data

Lorenzo Menichetti, Thomas Kätterer, and Jens Leifeld

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Soil organic carbon dynamics are crucial for the global greenhouse gas balance, but their complexity is difficult to model and understand. We therefore often rely on radiocarbon measurements for calibrating models, but their effect on our understanding of the processes is still unclear. We calibrated five model structures on data from a long-term Swiss field experiment in a Bayesian framework to assess the effect of radiocarbon on the parameter and structural uncertainty of a soil carbon model.
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