Comparison of boreal ecosystem model sensitivity to variability in climate and forest site parameters

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D24, 2001, Pages 33671-33687

  Potter, Christopher S ^a   Wang, Shusen ^b,j   Nikolov, Ned T ^c,i   McGuire, A David ^d,h   Liu, Jane ^e   King, Anthony W ^c,i   Kimball, John S ^f   Grant, Robert F ^b,j   Frolking, Steven E ^b,g   Clein, Joy S ^h,j   Chen, Jing M ^e   Amthor, Jeffrey S ^c,i  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

ⁱ OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0035727714     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000224     Document Type: Review

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