The effect of driving climate data on the simulated terrestrial carbon pools and fluxes over North America

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1098-1110

  Garnaud, C ^a   Sushama, L ^a   Arora, V K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon fluxes; Carbon pools; Climate datasets; Dynamic vegetation

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUXES; CARBON POOL; CLIMATE DATASETS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMIC VEGETATION MODEL; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; LAKES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; POOL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900571501     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3748     Document Type: Article

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