An improved canopy integration scheme for a Land Surface Model with prognostic canopy structure

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3902-3923

  Thornton, Peter E ^a   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; NITROGEN;

COMMUNITY LAND MODEL; LAND SURFACE MODEL; LEAF AREA INDEX; PROGNOSTIC CANOPY STRUCTURE;

VEGETATION;

CANOPY; CARBON CYCLE; LAND SURFACE; LEAF AREA INDEX; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SIMULATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

LARIX;

EID: 34548134428     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4222.1     Document Type: Article

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