Reconciling leaf physiological traits and canopy flux data: Use of the TRY and FLUXNET databases in the Community Land Model version 4

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bonan, Gordon B ^a   Oleson, Keith W ^a   Fisher, Rosie A ^a   Lasslop, Gitta ^b,c   Reichstein, Markus ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CANOPY EXCHANGE; CARBON FLUX; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; LEAF; MODEL TEST; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 84862982892     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001913     Document Type: Article

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