On the relationship between cloudiness and net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange in a peatland ecosystem

Ecoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-59

  Letts, Matthew G ^a,b   Lafleur, Peter M ^a   Roulet, Nigel T ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clearness index; Cloudiness; Diffuse radiation; Net ecosystem exchange; Peatland

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LIGHT INTENSITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; OTTAWA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16244390859     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-12-1-53.1     Document Type: Article

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