Uncertainty analysis of modeled carbon fluxes for a broad-leaved Korean pine mixed forest using a process-based ecosystem model

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 268-282

  Zhang, Li ^a   Yu, Guirui ^a   Gu, Fengxue ^b   He, Honglin ^a   Zhang, Leiming ^a   Han, Shijie ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Forest ecosystem; Process based model; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON FLUXES; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; LOCAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MEAN VALUES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MIXED FORESTS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MONTE CARLO; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PROCESS-BASED ECOSYSTEM MODEL; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CARBON FLUX; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; MIXED FOREST; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; METEOROLOGY; SENSITIVITY;

PINUS KORAIENSIS;

EID: 84860882665     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-011-0305-2     Document Type: Article

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