Natural and drought scenarios in an east central Amazon forest: Fidelity of the Community Land Model 3.5 with three biogeochemical models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Sakaguchi, Koichi ^a   Zeng, Xubin ^a   Christoffersen, Bradley J ^b   Restrepo Coupe, Natalia ^b   Saleska, Scott R ^b   Brando, Paulo M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA SET; DIEBACK; DROUGHT; ENERGY FLUX; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOMASS; SEASONALITY; TURBULENT FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 79952755566     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001477     Document Type: Article

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