Multiple constraint analysis of regional land-surface carbon flux

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-221

  Turner, D P ^a   Gockede M ^a   Law, B E ^a   Ritts, W D ^a   Cohen, W B ^b   Yang, Z ^a   Hudiburg, T ^a   Kennedy, R ^a   Duane, M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; TRACE GAS;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952767144     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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