Causes of interannual variability in ecosystem-atmosphere CO2 exchange in a northern Wisconsin forest using a Bayesian model calibration

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-327

  Ricciuto, Daniel M ^a   Butler, Martha P ^b   Davis, Kenneth J ^b   Cook, Bruce D ^c   Bakwin, Peter S ^d   Andrews, Arlyn ^d   Teclaw, Ronald M ^e  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Ecosystems, managed and natural; Eddy covariance; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHENOLOGY; RESPIRATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 38949133109     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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