The North American carbon program multi-scale synthesis and terrestrial model intercomparison project - Part 1: Overview and experimental design

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2121-2133

  Huntzinger, D N ^a   Schwalm, C ^b   Michalak, A M ^c   Schaefer, K ^d,e   King, A W ^f   Wei, Y ^f   Jacobson, A ^d,g   Liu, S ^f   Cook, R B ^f   Post, W M ^f   Berthier, G ^h   Hayes, D ^f   Huang, M ⁱ   Ito, A ^j   Lei, H ^i,k   Lu, C ^l   Mao, J ^f   Peng, C H ^m,n   Peng, S ^h   Poulter, B ^h   Riccuito, D ^f   Shi, X ^f   Tian, H ^l   Wang, W ^o   Zeng, N ^p   Zhao, F ^p   Zhu, Q ⁿ   more..

^a Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d National Snow and Ice Data Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

ⁱ PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^k TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

ⁿ NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^p Bldg 142   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOSPHERE; CARBON FLUX; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL CARBON;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84890896744     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-2121-2013     Document Type: Article

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