Simulating high-latitude permafrost regions by the JSBACH terrestrial ecosystem model

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 631-647

  Ekici, A ^a,b   Beer, C ^a,c   Hagemann, S ^d   Boike, J ^e   Langer, M ^e   Hauck, C ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; LATITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMAFROST; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ARCTIC;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84899110517     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-631-2014     Document Type: Article

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