Sensitivity of a general circulation model to global changes in leaf area index

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D3, 1996, Pages 7393-7408

  Chase, Thomas N ^a   Pielke, Roger A ^a   Kittel, Timothy G F ^b   Nemani, Ramakrishna ^c   Running, Steven W ^c  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE/ATMOSPHERE TRANSFER SCHEME; COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODEL; GCM; LAI; MODEL SENSITIVITY; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 0029767572     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JD02417     Document Type: Article

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