Dynamics of a global-scale vegetation model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 452-462

  Hughes, John K ^a   Valdes, Paul J ^a   Betts, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate modeling; DGVM; GCM; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DYNAMIC GLOBAL VEGETATION MODEL (DGVM); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM);

VEGETATION;

CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 33748762232     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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