Nonsteady state carbon sequestration in forest ecosystems of China estimated by data assimilation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1369-1384

  Zhou, Tao ^a   Shi, Peijun ^a   Jia, Gensuo ^b   Luo, Yiqi ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon sink; data assimilation; forest; nonsteady state; two step scheme

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMETRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DATA ASSIMILATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTER;

CHINA;

EID: 84892932308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20114     Document Type: Article

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