Intercomparison of techniques to model water stress effects on CO2 and energy exchange in temperate and boreal deciduous forests

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 196, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 289-312

  Grant, R F ^a   Zhang, Y ^b   Yuan, F ^c   Wang, S ^b   Hanson, P J ^d   Gaumont Guay, D ^e   Chen, J ^f   Black, T A ^e   Barr, A ^g   Baldocchi, D D ^h   Arain, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 exchange; Deciduous forests; Ecosystem modeling; Energy exchange; Net ecosystem productivity; Net primary productivity; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DRYING; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER;

CO2 EXCHANGE; DECIDUOUS FORESTS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENERGY EXCHANGE; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY (GPP); NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; WATER STRESS;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHM; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY USE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; TEMPERATE FOREST; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 33745190045     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.02.035     Document Type: Article

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