Land surface modeling inside the Biosphere 2 tropical rain forest biome

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Rosolem, Rafael ^a   Shuttleworth, W James ^a   Zeng, Xubin ^a   Saleska, Scott R ^b   Huxman, Travis E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CARBON FLUX; ENERGY FLUX; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LAND SURFACE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFOREST; SOIL RESPIRATION; TIME SERIES; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER BUDGET;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 78650549517     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001443     Document Type: Article

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