Improving the dynamics of Northern Hemisphere high-latitude vegetation in the ORCHIDEE ecosystem model

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2263-2283

  Zhu, D ^a   Peng, S S ^a,b   Ciais, P ^a   Viovy, N ^a   Druel, A ^b   Kageyama, M ^a   Krinner, G ^b   Peylin, P ^a   Ottle C ^a   Piao, S L ^c   Poulter, B ^d   Schepaschenko, D ^e   Shvidenko, A ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST INVENTORY; LAND COVER; MORTALITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; RHIZOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84938322162     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-2263-2015     Document Type: Article

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