A comparison of simulation results from two terrestrial carbon cycle models using three climate data sets

Akihiko Ito; Takahiro Sasai

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00208.x

A comparison of simulation results from two terrestrial carbon cycle models using three climate data sets

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 58 (2006): Issue 5

By: Akihiko Ito and Takahiro Sasai

Open Access

|Jan 2006

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