Quantifying regional changes in terrestrial carbon storage by extrapolation from local ecosystem models
A general procedure for quantifying regional carbon dynamics by spatial extrapolation of local ecosystem models is presented Monte Carlo simulation to calculate the expected value of one or more local models, explicitly integrating the spatial heterogeneity of variables that influence ecosystem carb...
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ftosti:oai:osti.gov:10110874 2023-07-30T04:07:09+02:00 Quantifying regional changes in terrestrial carbon storage by extrapolation from local ecosystem models King, A W 2014-06-25 application/pdf http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10110874 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10110874 unknown http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10110874 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10110874 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CARBON CYCLE MATHEMATICAL MODELS CARBON DIOXIDE ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION MONTE CARLO METHOD HETEROGENEOUS EFFECTS TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS CORRELATIONS 2014 ftosti 2023-07-11T10:57:15Z A general procedure for quantifying regional carbon dynamics by spatial extrapolation of local ecosystem models is presented Monte Carlo simulation to calculate the expected value of one or more local models, explicitly integrating the spatial heterogeneity of variables that influence ecosystem carbon flux and storage. These variables are described by empirically derived probability distributions that are input to the Monte Carlo process. The procedure provides large-scale regional estimates based explicitly on information and understanding acquired at smaller and more accessible scales.Results are presented from an earlier application to seasonal atmosphere-biosphere CO{sub 2} exchange for circumpolar ``subarctic`` latitudes (64{degree}N-90{degree}N). Results suggest that, under certain climatic conditions, these high northern ecosystems could collectively release 0.2 Gt of carbon per year to the atmosphere. I interpret these results with respect to questions about global biospheric sinks for atmospheric CO{sub 2} . Other/Unknown Material Subarctic SciTec Connect (Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy) |
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CARBON CYCLE MATHEMATICAL MODELS CARBON DIOXIDE ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION MONTE CARLO METHOD HETEROGENEOUS EFFECTS TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS CORRELATIONS |
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CARBON CYCLE MATHEMATICAL MODELS CARBON DIOXIDE ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION MONTE CARLO METHOD HETEROGENEOUS EFFECTS TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS CORRELATIONS King, A W Quantifying regional changes in terrestrial carbon storage by extrapolation from local ecosystem models |
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CARBON CYCLE MATHEMATICAL MODELS CARBON DIOXIDE ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION MONTE CARLO METHOD HETEROGENEOUS EFFECTS TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS CORRELATIONS |
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A general procedure for quantifying regional carbon dynamics by spatial extrapolation of local ecosystem models is presented Monte Carlo simulation to calculate the expected value of one or more local models, explicitly integrating the spatial heterogeneity of variables that influence ecosystem carbon flux and storage. These variables are described by empirically derived probability distributions that are input to the Monte Carlo process. The procedure provides large-scale regional estimates based explicitly on information and understanding acquired at smaller and more accessible scales.Results are presented from an earlier application to seasonal atmosphere-biosphere CO{sub 2} exchange for circumpolar ``subarctic`` latitudes (64{degree}N-90{degree}N). Results suggest that, under certain climatic conditions, these high northern ecosystems could collectively release 0.2 Gt of carbon per year to the atmosphere. I interpret these results with respect to questions about global biospheric sinks for atmospheric CO{sub 2} . |
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King, A W |
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King, A W |
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King, A W |
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Quantifying regional changes in terrestrial carbon storage by extrapolation from local ecosystem models |
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Quantifying regional changes in terrestrial carbon storage by extrapolation from local ecosystem models |
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Quantifying regional changes in terrestrial carbon storage by extrapolation from local ecosystem models |
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Quantifying regional changes in terrestrial carbon storage by extrapolation from local ecosystem models |
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Quantifying regional changes in terrestrial carbon storage by extrapolation from local ecosystem models |
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quantifying regional changes in terrestrial carbon storage by extrapolation from local ecosystem models |
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