Assessing and improving the representativeness of monitoring networks: The European flux tower network example

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sulkava, Mika ^a   Luyssaert, Sebastiaan ^b   Zaehle, Sönke ^c   Papale, Dario ^d  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON FLUX; DATA SET; EDDY COVARIANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY FLUX; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPSCALING;

EUROPE;

EID: 79957473829     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001562     Document Type: Article

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