Estimating transpiration and the sensitivity of carbon uptake to water availability in a subalpine forest using a simple ecosystem process model informed by measured net CO2 and H2O fluxes

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1467-1477

  Moore, David J P ^a,c   Hu, Jia ^a   Sacks, William J ^b   Schimel, David S ^c,d   Monson, Russell K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d National Ecological Observing Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Data model fusion; Evapotranspiration; High elevation; Niwot Ridge; PnET; Sapflow; SIPNET; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAP FLOW; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPIRATION; WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 49849097503     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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