Projections of leaf area index in earth system models

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 211-229

  Mahowald, Natalie ^a   Lo, Fiona ^a   Zheng, Yun ^a   Harrison, Laura ^b   Funk, Chris ^b   Lombardozzi, Danica ^c   Goodale, Christine ^d  

^a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; EXCHANGE OF ENERGY; HIGH LATITUDES; LAND ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; LEAF AREA INDEX; PLANT CANOPIES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

TROPICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LEAF AREA INDEX; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84960880541     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-7-211-2016     Document Type: Article

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