Consistent assimilation of MERIS FAPAR and atmospheric CO2 into a terrestrial vegetation model and interactive mission benefit analysis

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3173-3184

  Kaminski, T ^a   Knorr, W ^b,c,d   Scholze, M ^b,e   Gobron, N ^f   Pinty, B ^f   Giering, R ^a   Mathieu, P P ^g  

^a FastOpt GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d Dept of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences ^*  (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^g EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MERIS; PAH; SATELLITE DATA; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84865757614     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-3173-2012     Document Type: Article

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