Upscaling carbon fluxes from towers to the regional scale: Influence of parameter variability and land cover representation on regional flux estimates

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Xiao, Jingfeng ^a,b   Davis, Kenneth J ^a   Urban, Nathan M ^a,c   Keller, Klaus ^a   Saliendra, Nicanor Z ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA ASSIMILATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

MICHIGAN; MIDWEST; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 80052524022     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001568     Document Type: Article

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