Carbon dynamics in the Amazonian Basin: Integration of eddy covariance and ecophysiological data with a land surface model

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 182-183, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-167

  El Masri, Bassil ^a   Barman, Rahul ^a   Meiyappan, Prasanth ^a   Song, Yang ^a   Liang, Miaoling ^a   Jain, Atul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

GPP; ISAM; LBA; NPP; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; DATA SET; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PASTURE; SOIL CARBON;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 84885306460     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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