Attributing uncertainties in simulated biospheric carbon fluxes to different error sources

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Lin, J C ^a   Pejam, M R ^a,b   Chan, E ^a   Wofsy, S C ^c   Gottlieb, E W ^c   Margolis, H A ^d   McCaughey, J H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; BOREAL FORESTS; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON MODELS; CARBON UPTAKE; CUMULATIVE ERRORS; CURRENT SOURCES; DRIVER DATA; EDDY COVARIANCE; ERROR SOURCES; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; FUSION SYSTEMS; INPUT VARIABLES; LAND COVER; LIGHT-USE EFFICIENCY; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA FUSION; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOM ERRORS; SUN; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOSPHERICS;

BIOSPHERE; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DATA SET; EDDY COVARIANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESPIRATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 79957931412     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003884     Document Type: Article

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