A hierarchical analysis of terrestrial ecosystem model Biome-BGC: Equilibrium analysis and model calibration

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2009-2023

  Wang, Weile ^a,b   Ichii, Kazuhito ^c   Hashimoto, Hirofumi ^a,b   Michaelis, Andrew R ^a,b   Thornton, Peter E ^d   Law, Beverly E ^e   Nemani, Ramakrishna R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biome BGC; Equilibrium analysis; Hierarchical analysis; Model calibration; Terrestrial ecosystem

Indexed keywords

BIOME-BGC; EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL CALIBRATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

BIOME; CALIBRATION; CARBON CYCLE; COMPLEXITY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MODELING; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRANSPIRATION;

EID: 67650069649     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.051     Document Type: Article

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