A two-leaf model for canopy conductance, photosynthesis and partitioning of available energy I: Model description and comparison with a multi-layered model

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 89-111

  Wang, Y P ^a   Leuning, R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

'Big leaf' model; Canopy conductance; Canopy photosynthesis and energy partition model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031859544     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(98)00061-6     Document Type: Article

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