Dealing with microtopography of an ombrotrophic bog for simulating ecosystem-level CO2 exchanges

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1038-1047

  Wu, Jianghua ^a   Roulet, Nigel T ^a   Moore, Tim R ^a   Lafleur, Peter ^b   Humphreys, Elyn ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem carbon modelling; Flux upscaling; Microtopography; Ombrotrophic bog; Parameter upscaling; Peatlands

Indexed keywords

BOG PEATLAND; C CYCLING; C-MODELS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; IN-PROCESS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAND SURFACE; LEVEL MODEL; MICRO TOPOGRAPHY; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; OMBROTROPHIC BOG; PEAT LAND; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SEASONALITY; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; UPSCALING; WEIGHTING MODEL;

WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EDDY COVARIANCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; PEATLAND; RAISED BOG; RESPIRATION; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 78651430459     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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