Effects of experimental protocol on global vegetation model accuracy: A comparison of simulated and observed vegetation patterns for Asia

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1481-1491

  Tang, Guoping ^a   Shafer, Sarah L ^b   Bartlein, Patrick J ^a   Holman, Justin O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c TerraSeer Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Asia; BIOME4; Climatology; Map comparison; Model validation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC CO; BIOME4; COMPARISON METHODS; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS; GLOBAL LAND-COVER CHARACTERISTICS; GRID CELLS; KAPPA STATISTICS; LAND COVERS; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL VALIDATION; NATURAL VEGETATIONS; OBSERVED DATUM; TIME PERIODS; VEGETATION MODELS; VEGETATION PATTERNS; VEGETATION TYPES;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MAPS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

VEGETATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL VALIDATION; VEGETATION;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 65149099040     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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