Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models through simulations of the seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO2: First results of a model intercomparison study

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-24

  Heimann, M ^a   Esser, G ^b   Haxeltine, A ^c   Kaduk, J ^a,h   Kicklighter, D W ^d   Knorr, W ^a   Kohlmaier, G H ^e   McGuire, A D ^f   Melillo, J ^d   Moore, B ^g   Otto, R D ^e   Prentice, I C ^c   Sauf, W ^a   Schloss, A ^g   Sitch, S ^c,i   Wittenberg, U ^b   Wurth G ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^h GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 0031848136     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GB01936     Document Type: Article

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