A model-data intercomparison of CO2 exchange across North America: Results from the North American Carbon Program site synthesis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Schwalm, Christopher R ^a   Williams, Christopher A ^a   Schaefer, Kevin ^b   Anderson, Ryan ^c   Arain, M Altaf ^d   Baker, Ian ^e   Barr, Alan ^f   Black, T Andrew ^g   Chen, Guangsheng ^h   Chen, Jing Ming ⁱ   Ciais, Philippe ^j   Davis, Kenneth J ^k   Desai, Ankur ^l   Dietze, Michael ^m   Dragoni, Danilo ⁿ   Fischer, Marc L ^o   Flanagan, Lawrence B ^p   Grant, Robert ^q   Gu, Lianhong ^r   Hollinger, David ^s   Izaurralde, R Csar ^t   Kucharik, Chris ^l   Lafleur, Peter ^u   Law, Beverly E ^v   Li, Longhui ^j   Li, Zhengpeng ^w   Liu, Shuguang ^x   Lokupitiya, Erandathie ^e   Luo, Yiqi ^y   Ma, Siyan ^z   Margolis, Hank ^aa   Matamala, Roser ^ab   McCaughey, Harry ^ac   Monson, Russell K ^b   Oechel, Walter C ^ad   Peng, Changhui ^ae   Poulter, Benjamin ^af   Price, David T ^ag   Riciutto, Dan M ^r   Riley, William ^o   Sahoo, Alok Kumar ^ah   Sprintsin, Michael ⁱ   Sun, Jianfeng ^ae   Tian, Hanqin ^h   Tonitto, Christina ^ai   Verbeeck, Hans ^aj   Verma, Shashi B ^ak   more..

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

^k PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

ⁿ INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^r OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^s USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^u TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^v OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w ASRC Research and Technology Solutions   (United States)

^x Earth Resources Observation and Science   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^ab ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^ac QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^ad SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^af SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^ag NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^ah Princeton University   (United States)

^ai Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^aj GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWING SEASON; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 78650291361     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001229     Document Type: Article

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