Modeling micro-topographic controls on boreal peatland hydrology and methane fluxes

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 5689-5704

  Cresto Aleina, F ^a,b   Runkle, B R K ^c,d   Kleinen, T ^a   Kutzbach, L ^c   Schneider, J ^e   Brovkin, V ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^e University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREAL; COUPLING; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY BUDGET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; METHANE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PEATLAND; RESOLUTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84943749205     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-5689-2015     Document Type: Article

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