Biogeochemistry-Informed Neural Network (BINN v1.0) for improving accuracy of model prediction and scientific understanding of soil organic carbon storage

Xu, Haodi; Fan, Joshua; Tao, Feng; Jiang, Lifen; You, Fengqi; Houlton, Benjamin; Sun, Ying; Gomes, Carla P.; Luo, Yiqi

doi:10.5194/gmd-19-6777-2026

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Articles | Volume 19, issue 14

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24 Jul 2026

Development and technical paper |

| 24 Jul 2026

Biogeochemistry-Informed Neural Network (BINN v1.0) for improving accuracy of model prediction and scientific understanding of soil organic carbon storage

Haodi Xu, Joshua Fan, Feng Tao, Lifen Jiang, Fengqi You, Benjamin Houlton, Ying Sun, Carla P. Gomes, and Yiqi Luo

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