Sensitivity of boreal forest regional water flux and net primary production simulations to sub-grid-scale land cover complexity

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D22, 1999, Pages 27789-27801

  Kimball, J S ^a,c   Running, S W ^a   Saatchi, S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMPLEX TERRAIN; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND COVER; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 0033610968     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900085     Document Type: Article

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