Sensitivity and uncertainty of modelled terrestrial net primary productivity to doubled CO2 and associated climate change for a relatively large perturbed physics ensemble

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 170, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-88

  Hemming, Deborah ^a   Betts, Richard ^a   Collins, Matthew ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Climate change; Ensembles; Global circulation models; Net primary productivity; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD SECURITY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LIMITING FACTOR; MORTALITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84872965235     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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