Bayesian analysis for uncertainty estimation of a canopy transpiration model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Samanta, S ^a   Mackay, D S ^b   Clayton, M K ^a   Kruger, E L ^a   Ewers, B E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTED ERRORS; JARVIS MODEL; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

TRANSPIRATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TRANSPIRATION;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANOPY; DECIDUOUS TREE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; TRANSPIRATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 34249103927     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005028     Document Type: Article

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