Assessing the role of parameter interactions in the sensitivity analysis of a model of peatland dynamics

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 248, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-40

  Quillet, Anne ^a   Frolking, Steve ^b   Garneau, Michelle ^a   Talbot, Julie ^c   Peng, Changhui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bog; Carbon accumulation; Global sensitivity analysis (GSA); Model evaluation; Northern peatlands; One at a time (OAT); Screening method

Indexed keywords

BOG; CARBON ACCUMULATION; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MODEL EVALUATION; ONE-AT-A-TIME (OAT); PEAT LAND; SCREENING METHODS;

CARBON; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; PEAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACCUMULATION; BOG; CARBON BALANCE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FEN; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOLOCENE; PEAT; PEATLAND; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84868600225     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.08.023     Document Type: Article

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