Interactive Crop Management in the Community Earth System Model (CESM1): Seasonal influences on land-atmosphere fluxes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4839-4859

  Levis, Samuel ^a   Gordon B Bonan, ^a   Erik Kluzek, ^a   Thornton, Peter E ^b   Jones, Andrew ^c   Sacks, William J ^a   Kucharik, Christopher J ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Crop growth; Land surface model; Land use; North America; Vegetation atmosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

AMERIFLUX; ANNUAL CYCLE; CARBON ALLOCATION; CROP GROWTH; CROP MANAGEMENTS; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GROWING SEASON; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LEAF AREA INDEX; MIDLATITUDES; MONITORING STATIONS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT PHENOLOGY; SENSITIVITY SIMULATION; SITE OBSERVATION; SPECIAL ALGORITHMS; SUMMER PRECIPITATION;

BIOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LAND USE; OILSEEDS; PHENOLS;

CROPS;

CEREAL; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MAIZE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHENOLOGY; SOYBEAN; VEGETATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

GLYCINE MAX; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865148783     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00446.1     Document Type: Article

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