Improving the ISBACC land surface model simulation of water and carbon fluxes and stocks over the Amazon forest

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1709-1727

  Joetzjer, E ^a   Delire, C ^a   Douville, H ^a   Ciais, P ^b   Decharme, B ^a   Carrer, D ^a   Verbeeck, H ^c   De Weirdt, M ^c   Bonal, D ^d  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND SURFACE; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84935847100     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-1709-2015     Document Type: Article

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