Assessing the capacity of three production efficiency models in simulating gross carbon uptake across multiple biomes in conterminous USA

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 174-175, Issue , 2013, Pages 158-169

  Ogutu, Booker O ^a   Dash, Jadunandan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FAPAR; Gross primary production; Light use efficiency; Production efficiency models

Indexed keywords

BIOME; EDDY COVARIANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARAMETERIZATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876325964     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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