Upscaling tundra CO2 exchange from chamber to eddy covariance tower

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 275-284

  Stoy, Paul ^a   Williams, Mathew ^b   Evans, Jonathan ^c   Prieto Blanco, Ana ^d   Disney, Mathias ^d   Hill, Timothy ^e   Ward, Helen ^c,f   Wade, Thomas ^b   Street, Lorna ^g  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EDDY COVARIANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROWING SEASON; LEAF AREA INDEX; NDVI; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TUNDRA; UPSCALING; VEGETATION COVER;

ABISKO; NORRBOTTEN; SWEDEN;

EID: 84878519906     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-45.2.275     Document Type: Article

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