Comparing simulations of three conceptually different forest models with National Forest Inventory data

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-97

  Huber, Markus O ^a,d   Eastaugh, Chris S ^a   Gschwantner, Thomas ^b   Hasenauer, Hubert ^a   Kindermann, Georg ^b,c   Ledermann, Thomas ^b   Lexer, Manfred J ^a   Rammer, Werner ^a   Schörghuber, Stefan ^a   Sterba, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem model; Forest growth; Increment; Sensitivity; Simulator

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VOLUMES; AUSTRIA; AVERAGE DEVIATION; BIOME-BGC; CLIMATE DATA; DATA SETS; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST DEVELOPMENT; FOREST GROWTH; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MODELS; FOREST PRODUCTION; GAP MODEL; GROWTH AND YIELD MODELS; GROWTH TRENDS; INCREMENT; MEAN CURRENTS; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; POTENTIAL MODEL; SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SIMULATORS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84871728602     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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