Inverse method for estimating respiration rates from decay time series

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3601-3612

  Forney, D C ^a,b   Rothman, D H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RESPIRATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880825198     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-3601-2012     Document Type: Article

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