How do we improve Earth system models? Integrating Earth system models, ecosystem models, experiments and long-term data

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-18

  Leuzinger, Sebastian ^a   Quinn Thomas, R ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth system models; Ecosystem models; Ecosystem responses; Global change; Integrated Network for Terrestrial Ecosystem Research on Feedbacks to the Atmosphere and ClimatE (INTERFACE); Terrestrial biosphere

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BIOSPHERE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TREES;

EID: 79957881353     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03778.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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