Information for seasonal models of carbon fluxes in terrestrial biomes

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5731644

King, A W; DeAngelis, D L

This report is a compilation of information that can be used in developing seasonal carbon flux models for several principal terrestrial biome types. The information includes flux data as well as models made either to simulate such data or to deduce fluxes not directly measurable. The report is divided into three sections that examine (1) photosynthetic production, (2) litterfall, and (3) decomposition during a year. The sections on photosynthetic production and decomposition discuss a large number of models that relate the processes to basic abiotic variables in each of several biome types. The information on litterfall, however, is largely empirical phenology data. A fourth section demonstrates the application of this compiled information to a compartment model of seasonal carbon flux in terrestrial biomes. 14 figs., 12 tabs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5731644
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-9404; ON: DE85013528
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

510100* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Basic Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CARBON CYCLE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DECOMPOSITION
ECOSYSTEMS
INFORMATION
MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUMERICAL DATA
PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
PRODUCTIVITY
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
SYNTHESIS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
VARIATIONS