Uncertainty analysis in data processing on the estimation of net carbon exchanges at different forest ecosystems in China

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 312-322

  Liu, Min ^a,b   He, Honglin ^a   Yu, Guirui ^a   Sun, Xiaomin ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Han, Shijie ^c   Wang, Huiming ^a   Zhou, Guoyi ^d  

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

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

ChinaFLUX; Data processing; Eddy covariance; Net carbon exchange; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLING; CARBON EXCHANGE; CHINAFLUX; CLIMATE CONDITION; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DATA CORRECTIONS; DATA SETS; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVERGREEN BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP FILLING; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MIXED FORESTS; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION METHOD; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; PROCESSING PROCEDURES; REGRESSION METHOD; SUBTROPICAL EVERGREEN CONIFEROUS PLANTATION; UNCERTAINTY;

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA FUSION; DATA PROCESSING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; OPTIMIZATION; SITE SELECTION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANTATION FORESTRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; COST CONTROL; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; OPTIMIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84860883724     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-011-0323-0     Document Type: Article

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