Modelling LAI, surface water and carbon fluxes at high-resolution over France: comparison of ISBA-A-gs and ORCHIDEE

The Leaf Area Index (LAI) is a measure of the amount of photosynthetic leaves and governs the canopy conductance to water vapor and carbon dioxide. Four different estimates of LAI were compared over France: two LAI products derived from satellite remote sensing, and two LAI simulations derived from...

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Main Authors: S. Lafont, Y. Zhao, J.-C. Calvet, P. Peylin, P. Ciais, F. Maignan, M. Weiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/9/439/2012/bg-9-439-2012.pdf