Sobol' sensitivity analysis of the Holocene Peat Model: What drives carbon accumulation in peatlands?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 203-214

  Quillet, Anne ^a   Garneau, Michelle ^a   Frolking, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

autogenic processes; carbon accumulation; global sensitivity analysis (GSA); model evaluation; northern peatlands; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; MODEL TEST; PEATLAND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880103612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JG002092     Document Type: Article

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