Assessment of model estimates of land-atmosphere CO2 exchange across Northern Eurasia

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4385-4405

  Rawlins, M A ^a   McGuire, A D ^b   Kimball, J S ^c   Dass, P ^a   Lawrence, D ^d   Burke, E ^e   Chen, X ^f   Delire, C ^g   Koven, C ^h   MacDougall, A ⁱ   Peng, S ^j,p   Rinke, A ^k,l   Saito, K ^m   Zhang, W ⁿ   Alkama, R ^g   Bohn, T J ^o   Ciais, P ^j   Decharme, B ^g   Gouttevin, I ^p,q   Hajima, T ^m   Ji, D ^k   Krinner, G ^p   Lettenmaier, D P ^r   Miller, P ⁿ   Moore, J C ^k   Smith, B ⁿ   Sueyoshi, T ^m,s   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f University of Washington   (United States)

^g MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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

^k BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^m JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

ⁿ LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^o ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^q CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; DRAINAGE BASIN; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; MODIS; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EURASIA;

EID: 84938322699     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-4385-2015     Document Type: Article

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