Synthesis and Modeling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Carbon Storage in Agricultural and Forest Systems to Guide Mitigation and Adaptation

by Stephen J. Del Grosso (Editor), Lajpat R. Ahuja (Editor), William J. Parton (Editor)

Overview

Crop, livestock, and forestry productions systems are important sources and sinks of greenhouses gases, but estimates of the magnitude of gas fluxes are more uncertain than those for other economic sectors such as transportation and electricity generation. Recent improvements in process-level un-derstanding, modeling software, and observational data used for model testing have increased the accuracy of model predictions, but substantial uncertainty remains, particularly regarding the potential for different management practices to mitigate emissions. The chapters in this volume demonstrate that both simple methods and complex models have strengths and limitations depending on stake-holder interest, scale of application, and other factors. Future improvement can be facilitated by or-ganizing model input and testing data into web-accessible databases and by making model algorithms more available and transparent.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780891183457
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/22/2020
Series:	Advances in Agricultural Systems Modeling , #12
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	0.39(w) x 0.39(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Stephen Del Grosso is a research scientist at the Soil Management and Sugarbeet Research at Fort Collin, CO.

Dr. Laj Ahuja is a retired soil scientist at USDA in Fort Collins, CO.

Bill Parton is a professor emeritus of forest rangeland and watershed stewardship at Colorado State University.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Preface ix

Contributors xi

Nitrous Oxide Emission from Uplands in Northern China
Shuping Qin, Chunsheng Hu, Lajpat R. Ahuja, Yuming Zhang, and Yuying Wang 1

Comparison of DayCent and DNDC Models: Case Studies Using Data from Long-Term Experiments on the Canadian Prairies
Brian B. Grant, Ward N. Smith, Con A. Campbell, Raymond L. Desjardins, Reynald L. Lemke, Roland Kröbel, Brian G. McConkey, Elwin G. Smith, and Guy P. Lafond 21

CQESTR Simulation of Dryland Agroecosystem Soil Organic Carbon Changes under Climate Change Scenarios Hero Gollany 59

Simulating Soil Organic Carbon Stock Changes in Agroecosystems using CQESTR, DayCent, and IPCC Tier 1 Methods
Steve J. Del Grosso, Hero T. Gollany, and Melissa Reyes-Fox 89

Measuring and Modeling Carbon Stock Change Estimates for US Forests and Uncertainties from Apparent Inter-annual Variability
James E. Smith and Linda S. Heath 111

Developing National Baseline GHG Emissions and Analyzing Mitigation Potentials for Agriculture and Forestry Using an Advanced National GHG Inventory Software System
Stephen M. Ogle, Shannon Spencer, Melannie Hartman, Leandro Buendia, Luanne Stevens, Linde du Toit, and Jongikhaya Witi 129

Parameter-Induced Uncertainty Quantification of Regional N2O Emissions and NO3 Leaching using the Biogeochemical Model LandscapeDNDC
Steffen Klatt, David Kraus, Karl-Heinz Rahn, Christian Werner, Ralf Kiese, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, and Edwin Haas 149

Modeling Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Enteric Fermentation
Ermias Kebreab, Luis Tedeschi, Jan Dijkstra, Jennifer L. Ellis, Andre Bannink, and James France 173

Mathematical Modeling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture for Different End Users
Jon Hillier, Mohammed Abdalla, Jessica Bellarby, Fabrizio Albanito, Arindam Datta, Marta Dondini, Nuala Fitton, Paul Hallett, Astley Hastings, Edward Jones, Matthias Kuhnert, Dali Nayak, Mark Pogson, Mark Richards, Jo Smith, Sylvia Vetter, Jagadeesh Yeluripati, and Pete Smith 197

Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural and Forest Landscapes for Policy Development and Verification
Christina Tonitto, Noel P. Gurwick, and Peter B. Woodbury 229

Modeling GHG Emissions and Carbon Changes in Agricultural and Forest Systems to Guide Mitigation and Adaptation: Synthesis and Future Needs
Stephen J. Del Grosso, Lajpat R. Ahuja, and William J. Parton 305