Evaluation of a terrestrial carbon cycle submodel in an Earth system model using networks of eddy covariance observations

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 729-742

  Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Ichii, Kazuhito ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; EDDY COVARIANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; SIMULATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 77958526474     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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