A validation of heat and carbon fluxes from high-resolution land surface and regional models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Anav, Alessandro ^a   D'Andrea, Fabio ^a   Viovy, Nicolas ^b   Vuichard, Nicolas ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HEAT FLUX; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 78249248984     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001178     Document Type: Article

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