Assessing the eddy covariance technique for evaluating carbon dioxide exchange rates of ecosystems: Past, present and future

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 479-492

  Baldocchi, Dennis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosphere atmosphere interactions; Carbon dioxide; Ecosystem physiology; Micrometeorology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EDDY COVARIANCE; GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 0037995440     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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