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@ARTICLE{Palosuo:21346,
      author       = {Palosuo, T. and Foereid, B. and Svensson, M. and Shurpali,
                      N. and Lehtonen, A. and Herbst, M. and Linkosalo, T. and
                      Ortiz, C. and Todorovic, G.R. and Marcinkonis, S. and Li,
                      C.S. and Jandl, R.},
      title        = {{A} multi-model comparison of soil carbon assessment of a
                      coniferous forest stand},
      journal      = {Environmental modelling $\&$ software},
      volume       = {35},
      issn         = {1364-8152},
      address      = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
      publisher    = {Elsevier Science},
      reportid     = {PreJuSER-21346},
      pages        = {38 - 49},
      year         = {2012},
      note         = {This study was initiated in a modelling workshop of COST639
                      in Vienna, Austria, in May 2009 and discussions were
                      continued in Vilnius in September 2009. T. Palosuo was
                      funded through the Agriyasso Research Project funded by the
                      Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland and by MTT
                      strategic funds of the IAM-Tools and MITAG projects. We wish
                      to thank Reimund Rotter and three anonymous reviewers for
                      their insightful and constructive comments on the
                      manuscript.},
      abstract     = {We simulated soil carbon stock dynamics of an Austrian
                      coniferous forest stand with five soil-only models (Q,
                      ROMUL, RothC, SoilCO2/RothC and Yasso07) and three plant
                      soil models (CENTURY, Coup-Model and Forest-DNDC) for an
                      18-year period and the decomposition of a litter pulse over
                      a 100-year period. The objectives of the study were to
                      assess the consistency in soil carbon estimates applying a
                      multi-model comparison and to present and discuss the
                      sources of uncertainties that create the differences in
                      model results. Additionally, we discuss the applicability of
                      different modelling approaches from the view point of
                      large-scale carbon assessments.Our simulation results showed
                      a wide range in soil carbon stocks and stock change
                      estimates reflecting substantial uncertainties in model
                      estimates. The measured stock change estimate decreased much
                      more than the model predictions. Model results varied not
                      only due to the model structure and applied parameters, but
                      also due to different input information and assumptions
                      applied during the modelling processes. Initialization
                      procedures applied with the models induced large differences
                      among the modelled soil carbon stocks and stock change
                      estimates. Decomposition estimates of the litter pulse
                      driven by model structures and parameters also varied
                      considerably.Our results support the use of relatively
                      simple soil-only models with low data requirements in
                      inventory type of large-scale carbon assessments. It is
                      important that the modelling processes within the national
                      inventories are transparently reported and special emphasis
                      is put on how the models are used, which assumptions are
                      applied and what is the quality of data used both as input
                      and to calibrate the models. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All
                      rights reserved.},
      keywords     = {J (WoSType)},
      cin          = {IBG-3},
      ddc          = {690},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
      pnm          = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
      pid          = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
      shelfmark    = {Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications /
                      Engineering, Environmental / Environmental Sciences},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      UT           = {WOS:000304217500004},
      doi          = {10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.02.004},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/21346},
}