Use of eigendecomposition in a parameter sensitivity analysis of the Community Land Model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 904-921

  Gohler M ^a   Mai, J ^a   Cuntz, M ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community Land Model; eigendecomposition; global sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HEAT FLUX; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

EID: 84880161283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20072     Document Type: Article

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