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@ARTICLE{Mertens:5538,
author = {Mertens, J. and Kahl, G. and Gottesbüren, B. and
Vanderborght, J.},
title = {{I}nverse {M}odeling of {P}esticide {L}eaching in
{L}ysimeters: {L}ocal versus {G}lobal and {S}equential
{S}ingle-{O}bjective versus {M}ultiobjective {A}pproaches},
journal = {Vadose zone journal},
volume = {8},
issn = {1539-1663},
address = {Madison, Wis.},
publisher = {SSSA},
reportid = {PreJuSER-5538},
pages = {793 - 804},
year = {2009},
note = {We are grateful to Dr. Jasper Vrugt for kindly providing us
with the SCEM MATLAB code. Th is research was supported by
BASF SE and a research grant of the Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Belgium (GOA-06-07-TBA).},
abstract = {This study used field lysimeter leachate and pesticide
concentration data within an inverse modeling framework to
estimate pesticide degradation and sorption on parameters.
Experimental data comprising four pesticide applications
during 3 yr were used to compare a local parameter
estimation algorithm (Levenberg-Marquardt, LM) with a global
algorithm (Shuffled Complex Evolution on Metropolis, SCEM).
Good model fits (only marginally better model fits using
SCEM) with respect to both the observed leachate volumes and
corresponding pesticide concentrations were obtained using
both algorithms. Parameter optima found with LM and SCEM
were very similar, thus suggesting that LM correctly located
the global optimum for our experimental data. Equally as
important as the optimal parameter values, however, are the
estimated parameter uncertainities. This study revealed that
LM (using a Jacobian-based approach) provided too large
parameter uncertainities. A logarithmic transformation of
the parameter tended to decrease the uncertainty in most
cases. The overestimation of parameter uncertainty by LM
suggests that model sensitivity close to the optimal
parameter set was relatively small and underestimated the
sensitivity to large parameter changes. A multiobjective
Pareto analysis was subsequently compared with a sequential
single-objective approach to reveal the capability of the
multiobjective approach to verify model structure and model
concept. Our results indicate that a multiobjective SCEM
approach is recommended when the objective is to estimate
pesticide degradation and sorption parameters and their
uncertainty.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-4},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB793},
pnm = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
shelfmark = {Environmental Sciences / Soil Science / Water Resources},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000268871900026},
doi = {10.2136/vzj2008.0029},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/5538},
}