Simulating the carbon cycling of northern peatlands using a land surface scheme coupled to a wetland carbon model (CLASS3W-MWM)

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 487-506

  Wu, Jianghua ^a   Roulet, Nigel T ^b   Nilsson, Mats ^c   Lafleur, Peter ^d   Humphreys, Elyn ^e  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bogs; C cycling; Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS); CLASS3W MWM; Climate change; Fens; McGill Wetland Model (MWM); Northern peatlands; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOG; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEN; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELING; PEATLAND; SOIL CARBON; WETLAND;

EID: 84873053150     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2012.730980     Document Type: Article

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