An improved analysis of forest carbon dynamics using data assimilation

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-105

  Williams, Mathew ^a   Schwarz, Paul A ^b   Law, Beverly E ^b   Irvine, James ^b   Kurpius, Meredith R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; Ecosystem model; Ensemble Kalman filter; Net ecosystem exchange; Primary production; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12344269004     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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