Sensitivity of pan-Arctic terrestrial net primary productivity simulations to daily surface meteorology from NCEP-NCAR and ERA-40 reanalyses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Zhang, Ke ^a,b   Kimball, John S ^a,b   Zhao, Maosheng ^b   Oechel, Walter C ^c   Cassano, John ^d   Running, Steven W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249785657     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000249     Document Type: Article

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