Examination of model uncertainty and parameter interaction in a global carbon cycling model (GLOCO)

Environment International

Volumn 25, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 787-803

  Grieb, Thomas M ^a,b   Hudson, Robert J M ^a,e   Shang, Nong ^c   Spear, Robert C ^b   Gherini, Steven A ^a   Goldstein, Robert A ^d  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; SURVEYS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VEGETATION;

FIELD SURVEYS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLING MODEL; MODEL UNCERTAINTY; PARAMETER INTERACTION; TREE STRUCTURED DENSITY ESTIMATION TECHNIQUE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

EID: 0033198368     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(99)00054-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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