Constraining a land-surface model with multiple observations by application of the MPI-Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation System V1.0

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2999-3026

  Schürmann, Gregor J ^a   Kaminski, Thomas ^b,c   Köstler, Christoph ^a   Carvalhais, Nuno ^a   Voßbeck, Michael ^b,c   Kattge, Jens ^a   Giering, Ralf ^c   Rödenbeck, Christian ^a   Heimann, Martin ^a   Zaehle, Sönke ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Inversion Lab   (Germany)

^c FastOpt GmbH   (Germany)

^d Michael Stifel Center Jena for Data driven and Simulation Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FLUX; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND SURFACE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84985028165     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-9-2999-2016     Document Type: Article

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