Calibration of a land-surface model using data from primary forest sites in Amazonia

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 27-45

  Harris, P P ^a   Huntingford, C ^a   Gash, J H C ^a   Hodnett, M G ^a   Cox, P M ^b   Malhi, Y ^c   Araujo A C ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARBON FLUX; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HEAT FLUX; LAND SURFACE; MODEL TEST; RAINFOREST; SEASONALITY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042739234     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-004-0042-y     Document Type: Article

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