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Modeling nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soil incubation experiments using CoupModel
Department of Agroecology, iClimate, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
Wenxin Zhang
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund
University, Lund, Sweden
Per-Erik Jansson
Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and
Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Søren O. Petersen
Department of Agroecology, iClimate, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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In this study, we relied on a properly controlled laboratory experiment to test the model’s capability of simulating the dominant microbial processes and the emissions of one greenhouse gas (nitrous oxide, N2O) from agricultural soils. This study reveals important processes and parameters that regulate N2O emissions in the investigated model framework and also suggests future steps of model development, which have implications on the broader communities of ecosystem modelers.
In this study, we relied on a properly controlled laboratory experiment to test the model’s...
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