Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one

Crop models of crop growth are increasingly used to quantify the impact of global changes due to climate or crop management. Therefore, accuracy of simulation results is a major concern. Studies with ensembles of crop models can give valuable information about model accuracy and uncertainty, but suc...

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Autores principales: Martre, Pierre, Wallach, Daniel, Asseng, Senthold, Ewert, Frank, Jones, James W., Rötter, Reimund P., Boote, Kenneth J., Ruane, Alex C., Thorburn, Peter J., Cammarano, Davide, Hatfield, Jerry L., Rosenzweig, Cynthia, Aggarwal, Pramod K., Angulo, Carlos, Basso, Bruno, Bertuzzi, Patrick, Biernath, Christian, Brisson, Nadine, Challinor, Andrew J., Doltra, Jordi, Gayler, Sebastian, Goldberg, Richie, Grant, Robert F., Heng, Lee, Hooker, Josh, Hunt, Leslie A., Ingwersen, Joachim, Izaurralde, Roberto César, Kersebaum, Kurt-Christian, Müller, Christoph, Kumar, Soora Naresh, Nendel, Claas, O’Leary, Garry J., Olesen, Jørgen E., Osborne, Tom M., Palosuo, Taru, Priesack, Eckart, Ripoche, Dominique, Semenov, Mikhail A., Shcherbak, Iurii, Steduto, Pasquale, Stöckle, Claudio O., Stratonovitch, Pierre, Streck, Thilo, Supit, Iwan, Tao, Fulu, Travasso, Maria, Waha, Katharina, White, Jeffrey W., Wolf, Joost
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57489
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author Martre, Pierre
Wallach, Daniel
Asseng, Senthold
Ewert, Frank
Jones, James W.
Rötter, Reimund P.
Boote, Kenneth J.
Ruane, Alex C.
Thorburn, Peter J.
Cammarano, Davide
Hatfield, Jerry L.
Rosenzweig, Cynthia
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
Angulo, Carlos
Basso, Bruno
Bertuzzi, Patrick
Biernath, Christian
Brisson, Nadine
Challinor, Andrew J.
Doltra, Jordi
Gayler, Sebastian
Goldberg, Richie
Grant, Robert F.
Heng, Lee
Hooker, Josh
Hunt, Leslie A.
Ingwersen, Joachim
Izaurralde, Roberto César
Kersebaum, Kurt-Christian
Müller, Christoph
Kumar, Soora Naresh
Nendel, Claas
O’Leary, Garry J.
Olesen, Jørgen E.
Osborne, Tom M.
Palosuo, Taru
Priesack, Eckart
Ripoche, Dominique
Semenov, Mikhail A.
Shcherbak, Iurii
Steduto, Pasquale
Stöckle, Claudio O.
Stratonovitch, Pierre
Streck, Thilo
Supit, Iwan
Tao, Fulu
Travasso, Maria
Waha, Katharina
White, Jeffrey W.
Wolf, Joost
author_browse Aggarwal, Pramod K.
Angulo, Carlos
Asseng, Senthold
Basso, Bruno
Bertuzzi, Patrick
Biernath, Christian
Boote, Kenneth J.
Brisson, Nadine
Cammarano, Davide
Challinor, Andrew J.
Doltra, Jordi
Ewert, Frank
Gayler, Sebastian
Goldberg, Richie
Grant, Robert F.
Hatfield, Jerry L.
Heng, Lee
Hooker, Josh
Hunt, Leslie A.
Ingwersen, Joachim
Izaurralde, Roberto César
Jones, James W.
Kersebaum, Kurt-Christian
Kumar, Soora Naresh
Martre, Pierre
Müller, Christoph
Nendel, Claas
Olesen, Jørgen E.
Osborne, Tom M.
O’Leary, Garry J.
Palosuo, Taru
Priesack, Eckart
Ripoche, Dominique
Rosenzweig, Cynthia
Ruane, Alex C.
Rötter, Reimund P.
Semenov, Mikhail A.
Shcherbak, Iurii
Steduto, Pasquale
Stratonovitch, Pierre
Streck, Thilo
Stöckle, Claudio O.
Supit, Iwan
Tao, Fulu
Thorburn, Peter J.
Travasso, Maria
Waha, Katharina
Wallach, Daniel
White, Jeffrey W.
Wolf, Joost
author_facet Martre, Pierre
Wallach, Daniel
Asseng, Senthold
Ewert, Frank
Jones, James W.
Rötter, Reimund P.
Boote, Kenneth J.
Ruane, Alex C.
Thorburn, Peter J.
Cammarano, Davide
Hatfield, Jerry L.
Rosenzweig, Cynthia
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
Angulo, Carlos
Basso, Bruno
Bertuzzi, Patrick
Biernath, Christian
Brisson, Nadine
Challinor, Andrew J.
Doltra, Jordi
Gayler, Sebastian
Goldberg, Richie
Grant, Robert F.
Heng, Lee
Hooker, Josh
Hunt, Leslie A.
Ingwersen, Joachim
Izaurralde, Roberto César
Kersebaum, Kurt-Christian
Müller, Christoph
Kumar, Soora Naresh
Nendel, Claas
O’Leary, Garry J.
Olesen, Jørgen E.
Osborne, Tom M.
Palosuo, Taru
Priesack, Eckart
Ripoche, Dominique
Semenov, Mikhail A.
Shcherbak, Iurii
Steduto, Pasquale
Stöckle, Claudio O.
Stratonovitch, Pierre
Streck, Thilo
Supit, Iwan
Tao, Fulu
Travasso, Maria
Waha, Katharina
White, Jeffrey W.
Wolf, Joost
author_sort Martre, Pierre
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description Crop models of crop growth are increasingly used to quantify the impact of global changes due to climate or crop management. Therefore, accuracy of simulation results is a major concern. Studies with ensembles of crop models can give valuable information about model accuracy and uncertainty, but such studies are difficult to organize and have only recently begun. We report on the largest ensemble study to date, of 27 wheat models tested in four contrasting locations for their accuracy in simulating multiple crop growth and yield variables. The relative error averaged over models was 24–38% for the different end‐of‐season variables including grain yield (GY) and grain protein concentration (GPC). There was little relation between error of a model for GY or GPC and error for in‐season variables. Thus, most models did not arrive at accurate simulations of GY and GPC by accurately simulating preceding growth dynamics. Ensemble simulations, taking either the mean (e‐mean) or median (e‐median) of simulated values, gave better estimates than any individual model when all variables were considered. Compared to individual models, e‐median ranked first in simulating measured GY and third in GPC. The error of e‐mean and e‐median declined with an increasing number of ensemble members, with little decrease beyond 10 models. We conclude that multimodel ensembles can be used to create new estimators with improved accuracy and consistency in simulating growth dynamics. We argue that these results are applicable to other crop species, and hypothesize that they apply more generally to ecological system models.
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spelling CGSpace574892025-03-13T09:44:02Z Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one Martre, Pierre Wallach, Daniel Asseng, Senthold Ewert, Frank Jones, James W. Rötter, Reimund P. Boote, Kenneth J. Ruane, Alex C. Thorburn, Peter J. Cammarano, Davide Hatfield, Jerry L. Rosenzweig, Cynthia Aggarwal, Pramod K. Angulo, Carlos Basso, Bruno Bertuzzi, Patrick Biernath, Christian Brisson, Nadine Challinor, Andrew J. Doltra, Jordi Gayler, Sebastian Goldberg, Richie Grant, Robert F. Heng, Lee Hooker, Josh Hunt, Leslie A. Ingwersen, Joachim Izaurralde, Roberto César Kersebaum, Kurt-Christian Müller, Christoph Kumar, Soora Naresh Nendel, Claas O’Leary, Garry J. Olesen, Jørgen E. Osborne, Tom M. Palosuo, Taru Priesack, Eckart Ripoche, Dominique Semenov, Mikhail A. Shcherbak, Iurii Steduto, Pasquale Stöckle, Claudio O. Stratonovitch, Pierre Streck, Thilo Supit, Iwan Tao, Fulu Travasso, Maria Waha, Katharina White, Jeffrey W. Wolf, Joost mathematical models simulation models wheats yields triticum aestivum modelos matemáticos modelos de simulación trigo rendimiento ecology Crop models of crop growth are increasingly used to quantify the impact of global changes due to climate or crop management. Therefore, accuracy of simulation results is a major concern. Studies with ensembles of crop models can give valuable information about model accuracy and uncertainty, but such studies are difficult to organize and have only recently begun. We report on the largest ensemble study to date, of 27 wheat models tested in four contrasting locations for their accuracy in simulating multiple crop growth and yield variables. The relative error averaged over models was 24–38% for the different end‐of‐season variables including grain yield (GY) and grain protein concentration (GPC). There was little relation between error of a model for GY or GPC and error for in‐season variables. Thus, most models did not arrive at accurate simulations of GY and GPC by accurately simulating preceding growth dynamics. Ensemble simulations, taking either the mean (e‐mean) or median (e‐median) of simulated values, gave better estimates than any individual model when all variables were considered. Compared to individual models, e‐median ranked first in simulating measured GY and third in GPC. The error of e‐mean and e‐median declined with an increasing number of ensemble members, with little decrease beyond 10 models. We conclude that multimodel ensembles can be used to create new estimators with improved accuracy and consistency in simulating growth dynamics. We argue that these results are applicable to other crop species, and hypothesize that they apply more generally to ecological system models. 2015-02 2015-03-12T19:29:04Z 2015-03-12T19:29:04Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57489 en Limited Access Wiley Martre, Pierre; Wallach, Daniel; Asseng, Senthold; Ewert, Frank; Jones, James W.; Rötter, Reimund P.; Boote, Kenneth J.; Ruane, Alex C.; Thorburn, Peter J.; Cammarano, Davide; Hatfield, Jerry L.; Rosenzweig, Cynthia; Aggarwal, Pramod K.; Angulo, Carlos; Basso, Bruno; Bertuzzi, Patrick; Biernath, Christian; Brisson, Nadine; Challinor, Andrew J.; Doltra, Jordi; Gayler, Sebastian; Goldberg, Richie; Grant, Robert F.; Heng, Lee; Hooker, Josh; Hunt, Leslie A.; Ingwersen, Joachim; Izaurralde, Roberto C.; Kersebaum, Kurt Christian; Müller, Christoph; Kumar, Soora Naresh; Nendel, Claas; O'leary, Garry; Olesen, Jørgen E.; Osborne, Tom M.; Palosuo, Taru; Priesack, Eckart; Ripoche, Dominique; Semenov, Mikhail A.; Shcherbak, Iurii; Steduto, Pasquale; Stöckle, Claudio O.; Stratonovitch, Pierre; Streck, Thilo; Supit, Iwan; Tao, Fulu; Travasso, Maria; Waha, Katharina; White, Jeffrey W.; Wolf, Joost. 2015. Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth : many models are better than one. Global Change Biology 21: 911-25.
spellingShingle mathematical models
simulation models
wheats
yields
triticum aestivum
modelos matemáticos
modelos de simulación
trigo
rendimiento
ecology
Martre, Pierre
Wallach, Daniel
Asseng, Senthold
Ewert, Frank
Jones, James W.
Rötter, Reimund P.
Boote, Kenneth J.
Ruane, Alex C.
Thorburn, Peter J.
Cammarano, Davide
Hatfield, Jerry L.
Rosenzweig, Cynthia
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
Angulo, Carlos
Basso, Bruno
Bertuzzi, Patrick
Biernath, Christian
Brisson, Nadine
Challinor, Andrew J.
Doltra, Jordi
Gayler, Sebastian
Goldberg, Richie
Grant, Robert F.
Heng, Lee
Hooker, Josh
Hunt, Leslie A.
Ingwersen, Joachim
Izaurralde, Roberto César
Kersebaum, Kurt-Christian
Müller, Christoph
Kumar, Soora Naresh
Nendel, Claas
O’Leary, Garry J.
Olesen, Jørgen E.
Osborne, Tom M.
Palosuo, Taru
Priesack, Eckart
Ripoche, Dominique
Semenov, Mikhail A.
Shcherbak, Iurii
Steduto, Pasquale
Stöckle, Claudio O.
Stratonovitch, Pierre
Streck, Thilo
Supit, Iwan
Tao, Fulu
Travasso, Maria
Waha, Katharina
White, Jeffrey W.
Wolf, Joost
Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one
title Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one
title_full Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one
title_fullStr Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one
title_full_unstemmed Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one
title_short Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one
title_sort multimodel ensembles of wheat growth many models are better than one
topic mathematical models
simulation models
wheats
yields
triticum aestivum
modelos matemáticos
modelos de simulación
trigo
rendimiento
ecology
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57489
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