Patterns and processes of carbon, water and energy cycles across northern Australian landscapes: From point to region

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1409-1416

  Beringer, Jason ^a   Hutley, Lindsay B ^b   Hacker, Jorg M ^c   Neininger, Bruno ^d   Paw U, Kyaw Tha ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MetAir AG   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon and water exchanges; Flux; North Australian Tropical Transect; Savanna; Spatial variability; SPECIAL

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENERGY FLUX; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LAND SURFACE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAVANNA; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER EXCHANGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052297733     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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