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Soil organic matter (SOM) represents a major pool of carbon within the biosphere, roughly twice than in atmospheric CO2. SOM models embody our best understanding of soil carbon dynamics and are needed to predict how global environmental change will influence soil carbon stocks. These models are also...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service), North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division, NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Models Using Existing Long-term Datasets"
Other Authors: Powlson, D. S. (David S.), Smith, Peter, 1965 April 16-, Smith, Jo U., 1964-
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1996]
Series:NATO ASI series. Global environmental change ; vol. 38.
Subjects:
Humus > Mathematical models > Evaluation > Congresses.
Solo (microbiologia e bioquimica)
Solo (fisica)
Soils > Biochemistry > Mathematical models
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Summary:Soil organic matter (SOM) represents a major pool of carbon within the biosphere, roughly twice than in atmospheric CO2. SOM models embody our best understanding of soil carbon dynamics and are needed to predict how global environmental change will influence soil carbon stocks. These models are also required for evaluating the likely effectiveness of different mitigation options. The first important step towards systematically evaluating the suitability of SOM models for these purposes is to test their simulations against real data. Since changes in SOM occur slowly, long-term datasets are required. This volume brings together leading SOM model developers and experimentalists to test SOM models using long-term datasets from diverse ecosystems, land uses and climatic zones within the temperate region.
Item Description:"Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop 'Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Models Using Existing Long-Term Datasets', held at IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, UK, May 21-26, 1995"--Title page verso.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 429 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783642610943 (electronic bk.)
3642610943 (electronic bk.)