Evaluating the drought response of CMIP5 models using global gross primary productivity, leaf area, precipitation, and soil moisture data

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1827-1846

  Huang, Yuanyuan ^a,b   Gerber, Stefan ^a   Huang, Tongyi ^c   Lichstein, Jeremy W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; carbon water interactions; CMIP5; dynamic global vegetation model; extreme event; land model

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; CMIP; CORRELATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LEAF AREA INDEX; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 85007480337     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GB005480     Document Type: Article

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