Representing northern peatland microtopography and hydrology within the Community Land Model

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 6463-6477

  Shi, X ^a   Thornton, P E ^a   Ricciuto, D M ^a   Hanson, P J ^a   Mao, J ^a   Sebestyen, S D ^b   Griffiths, N A ^a   Bisht, G ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGY; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; SNOWPACK; VEGETATION; WATER TABLE;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA;

EID: 84947061384     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-6463-2015     Document Type: Article

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