Annual and interannual CO2 exchanges of the terrestrial biosphere: Process-based simulations and uncertainties

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-252

  Knorr, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2 fluctuations; Global carbon cycle; Global net CO2 fluxes; Global NPP; Global scale parameterization; Interannual climate fluctuations; Process description; Terrestrial vegetation models; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 0033929655     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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