Evaluation of the Community Land Model simulated carbon and water fluxes against observations over ChinaFLUX sites

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 226-227, Issue , 2016, Pages 174-185

  Zhang, Li ^a   Mao, Jiafu ^b   Shi, Xiaoying ^b   Ricciuto, Daniel ^b   He, Honglin ^a   Thornton, Peter ^b   Yu, Guirui ^a   Li, Pan ^c   Liu, Min ^d   Ren, Xiaoli ^a   Han, Shijie ^e   Li, Yingnian ^f   Yan, Junhua ^g   Hao, Yanbin ^h   Wang, Huimin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^f NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^g SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; ChinaFLUX; Community land model; Eddy covariance

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EDDY COVARIANCE; GRASSLAND; LAND SURFACE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODEL VALIDATION; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET RADIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL RESPIRATION;

BAEKDU MOUNTAIN; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84976415362     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.05.018     Document Type: Article

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