Simulation of forest carbon fluxes using model incorporation and data assimilation

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Yan, Min ^a   Tian, Xin ^a   Li, Zengyuan ^a   Chen, Erxue ^a   Wang, Xufeng ^b   Han, Zongtao ^a,c   Sun, Hong ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon fluxes; Data assimilation; Model incorporation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GLASS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARBON FLUXES; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; EXTENDED FOURIER AMPLITUDE SENSITIVITY TEST (EFAST); FOREST CARBON FLUXES; GLOBAL LAND SURFACE; PROCESS-BASED MODELING;

FORESTRY;

EID: 85019380217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8070567     Document Type: Article

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