Estimating the greenhouse gas fluxes of European grasslands with a process-based model: 1. Model evaluation from in situ measurements

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Vuichard, Nicolas ^a,b   Soussana, Jean François ^c   Ciais, Philippe ^a   Viovy, Nicolas ^a   Ammann, Christof ^d   Calanca, Pierluigi ^d   Clifton Brown, John ^e,f   Fuhrer, Jürg ^d   Jones, Mike ^e   Martin, Cécile ^g  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

^d AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; NITROGEN; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VEGETATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NITROGEN OXIDES;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; MODELING; NITROGEN CYCLE; DATA SET; EOS; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL EMISSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 34249728963     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GB002611     Document Type: Article

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