Multiple observation types reduce uncertainty in Australia's terrestrial carbon and water cycles

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2011-2040

  Haverd, V ^a   Raupach, M R ^a   Briggs, P R ^a   Canadell, J G ^a   Isaac, P ^a   Pickett Heaps, C ^a   Roxburgh, S H ^a   Van Gorsel, E ^a   Viscarra Rossel, R A ^a   Wang, Z ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON CYCLE; CATCHMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND SURFACE; LITTERFALL; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875728265     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2011-2013     Document Type: Article

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