Carbon dynamics of temperate grassland ecosystems in China from 1951 to 2007: An analysis with a process-based biogeochemistry model

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 521-533

  Sui, Xinghua ^a,b   Zhou, Guangsheng ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; Model; Simulation; Spatial temporal variation; Temperate grassland

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE;

CARBON BUDGETS; HETEROTROPHIC RESPIRATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; SIMULATION; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GRASSLAND; HETEROTROPHY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CHINA; ECOSYSTEMS; GRASS LANDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE CONTENT; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATION; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA;

EID: 84872016956     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1756-2     Document Type: Article

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