Reliable, robust and realistic: The three R's of next-generation land surface modelling

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 24811-24861

  Prentice, I C ^a,b   Liang, X ^c   Medlyn, B E ^b   Wang, Y P ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 84937947884     PISSN: 16807367     EISSN: 16807375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acpd-14-24811-2014     Document Type: Review

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