Biophysical Models and Applications in Ecosystem Analysis / Jiquan Chen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chen, Jiquan, 1962- author.

Series:

Ecosystem science and applications.

Ecosystem Science & Applications Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology--Simulation methods.

Ecology.

Biotic communities--Simulation methods.

Biotic communities.

Biotic communities--Research--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"The past five decades have witnessed a rapid growth of computer models for simulating ecosystem functions and dynamics. This has been fueled by the availability of remote sensing data, computation capability, and cross-disciplinary sciences. These models contain many sub-modules for simulating different processes and forcing mechanisms, albeit it has become challenging to truly understand the details due to their complexity. Most ecosystem models, fortunately, are rooted in a few core biophysical foundations, such as widely recognized Farquhar's model, Ball-Berry-Leuning-Medlyn family models, Penman-Monteith model, Priestley-Taylor Model, Machaelis-Menten kinetics, and others. After an introduction of biophysical essentials, four chapters present the core algorithms and their behaviors in modeling ecosystem production, respiration, evapotranspiration, and global warming potentials"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781609176679

1609176677

OCLC:

1240282341