Spatially simulating changes of soil water content and their effects on carbon sequestration in Canada's forests and wetlands

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 140-159

  Ju, Weimin ^a,b   Chen, Jing M ^b   Black, T Andrew ^c   Barr, Alan G ^d   Mccaughey, Harry ^e  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOREST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER CONTENT; WETLAND;

CANADA;

EID: 78649712936     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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