A global Bayesian sensitivity analysis of the 1d SimSphere soil-vegetation-atmospheric transfer (SVAT) model using Gaussian model emulation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2427-2440

  Petropoulos, G ^a,b   Wooster, M J ^b   Carlson, T N ^c   Kennedy, M C ^d   Scholze, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BACCO GEM SA; Gaussian process emulator; Sensitivity analysis; SimSphere; SVAT model

Indexed keywords

BACCO GEM SA; BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; FRACTIONAL VEGETATION COVER; GAUSSIAN MODEL; GAUSSIAN PROCESS EMULATOR; GAUSSIANS; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; KEY MODELS; MODEL INPUTS; NATIONAL POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SYSTEM; OPERATIONAL RETRIEVALS; SATELLITE PLATFORMS; SIMSPHERE; SOFTWARE PLATFORMS; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL-VEGETATION; SVAT MODEL;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); GEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MODEL STRUCTURES; MOISTURE; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SIMULATORS; SOILS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 69049120551     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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