Assessing land ecosystem models
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Assessing the ability of three land ecosystem models to simulate gross carbon uptake of forests from boreal to Mediterranean climate in Europe M. Jung, G. Le Maire, S. Zaehle, S. Luyssaert, M. Vetter, G. Churkina, P. Ciais, N. Viovy, and M. Reichstein Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling, Hamburg, Germany Laboratory for Climate Sciences and the Environment (LSCE), Joint Unit of CEA-CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-5752, USA School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Received: 28 March 2007 – Accepted: 13 April 2007 – Published: 26 April 2007 Correspondence to: M. Jung ([email protected])
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