Evaluation of the ORCHIDEE ecosystem model over Africa against 25 years of satellite-based water and carbon measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1554-1575

  Traore, Abdoul Khadre ^a   Ciais, Philippe ^a   Vuichard, Nicolas ^a   Poulter, Benjamin ^b   Viovy, Nicolas ^a   Guimberteau, Matthieu ^c   Jung, Martin ^d   Myneni, Ranga ^e   Fisher, Joshua B ^f  

^a DIF   (France)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRACTIONATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84924668493     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002638     Document Type: Article

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