Intercomparison of a 'bottom-up' and 'top-down' modeling paradigm for estimating carbon and energy fluxes over a variety of vegetative regimes across the U.S.

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1875-1895

  Houborg, Rasmus ^a   Anderson, Martha C ^b   Norman, John M ^c   Wilson, Tim ^d   Meyers, Tilden ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up model; CO2 fluxes; Evapotranspiration; Leaf photosynthesis; Light use efficiency; Stomatal conductance; Top down model

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SURFACE ENERGY; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER VAPOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69849085949     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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