Improving land surface models with FLUXNET data

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1341-1359

  Williams, M ^a   Richardson, A D ^b   Reichstein, M ^c   Stoy, P C ^a   Peylin, P ^d   Verbeeck, H ^e   Carvalhais, N ^f   Jung, M ^c   Hollinger, D Y ^g   Kattge, J ^c   Leuning, R ^h   Luo, Y ⁱ   Tomelleri, E ^c   Trudinger, C M ^h   Wang, Y P ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^g USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOSPHERE; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FLUX MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 69249208725     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-1341-2009     Document Type: Article

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