Sensitivity of an ecosystem model to hydrology and temperature

Climatic Change

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 75-89

  Wolf, Annett ^a,b,e   Blyth, Eleanor ^c   Harding, Richard ^c   Jacob, Daniela ^d   Keup Thiel, Elke ^d   Goettel, Holger ^d   Callaghan, Terry ^e,f  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Environmental Science ^*  (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^e ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; SOIL CARBON FLUXES; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON FLUX; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HYDROLOGY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 39649090543     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9339-z     Document Type: Article

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