On the stability of the high-latitude climate-vegetation system in a coupled atmosphere-biosphere model

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 489-500

  Levis, Samuel ^a,d   Foley, Jonathan A ^a   Brovkin, Victor ^b   Pollard, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate; Dynamic global vegetation model; General circulation model; High latitudes; Multiple equilibria; Tundra; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; EQUILIBRIUM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MODEL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0342858794     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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