Using the DNDC model to simulate the potential of carbon budget in the meadow and desert steppes in Inner Mongolia, China

摘要

In this study, a process-based denitrification-decomposition (DNDC) model was parameterized and validated with CO2 fluxes data measured using eddy covariance (EC) technique in the meadow and desert steppes of Inner Mongolia grasslands, China. The validated model was applied to predict the influence of moderate climate change on carbon (C) budget of the two steppes over the next 30 years.