The use of CO 2 flux time series for parameter and carbon stock estimation in carbon cycle research

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-193

  Hill, Timothy Charles ^a   Ryan, Edmund ^b   Williams, Mathew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eddy correlation; EnKF; Markov Chain; MCMC; Metropolis; Metropolis hastings; MH; Model data fusion; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DATA ASSIMILATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84055193481     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02511.x     Document Type: Article

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