Estimating parameters in a land-surface model by applying nonlinear inversion to eddy covariance flux measurements from eight FLUXNET sites

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 652-670

  Wang, Ying Ping ^a   Baldocchi, Dennis ^b   Leuning, Ray ^a   Falge, Eva ^c   Vesala, Timo ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

CBM; FLUXNET; Inversion; Latent; Parameter; Photosynthesis; Sensible heat flux

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

EID: 33947423431     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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