An analytical model for relating global terrestrial carbon assimilation with climate and surface conditions using a rate limitation framework

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 9825-9835

  Yang, Yuting ^a   Donohue, Randall J ^a,b   McVicar, Tim R ^a,b   Roderick, Michael L ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

analytical model; Budyko; gross primary productivity; rate limitation framework

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BUDYKO; CARBON ASSIMILATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; MODEL TREES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SURFACE CONDITIONS; WATER ENERGY;

ANALYTICAL MODELS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENERGY BUDGET; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LIMITING FACTOR; MODEL TEST; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84956907120     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066835     Document Type: Article

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